Megaponera analis (Latreille, 1802) valid

• Replacement name for Megaponera foetens Fabricius, 1793. [Junior primary homonym of Formica foetens Olivier, 1792.]
• [Note: Latreille, 1802a: 282 (in text): “J’ai changé le nom de M. Fabricius, le naturaliste Olivier l’ayant déjà employé pour une autre espèce”.]
• Combination in Megaponera: Dalla Torre, 1893: 30.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 302.
• Combination in Megaponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 107.
• Junior synonym of Megaponera foetens: Fabricius, 1804: 401; Roger, 1860: 310; Gerstäcker, 1862: 504; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863a: 428; Dalla Torre, 1893: 30; Emery, 1911e: 68; Wheeler, 1922: 767.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 302; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 220; Madl, 2019: 17.
• Senior synonym of Megaponera abyssinica: Bolton, 1995b: 302.
• Senior synonym of Megaponera dohrni: Bolton, 1995b: 302.
• Senior synonym of Megaponera laeviuscula: Bolton, 1995b: 302.

Junior synonyms

• Megaponera abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera abyssinica
• Megaponera dohrni Emery, 1902
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla dohrni
• Megaponera laeviuscula (Gerstäcker, 1859)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla laeviuscula, Ponera laeviuscula

Obsolete combinations

• Formica analis
• Pachycondyla analis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla and Neoponera attributed to Brown.]. Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Fabricius, J. C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunswick: C. Reichard, xiv + 15-439 + 30 pp. PDF
• Gerstäcker, A. 1862. Hymenoptera Hautflügler. Pp. 439-526 in: Peters, W. C. H. 1862. Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Berlin: G. Reimer, 21 + 566 pp. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Latreille, P. A. 1802a. Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois), xvi + 445 pp. PDF
• Madl, M. 2019. Notes on the ant fauna of Eritrea (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Type specimens deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria) and a preliminary checklist. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B Für Botanik Und Zoologie 121:9-18. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
• Roger, J. 1860. Die Ponera-artigen Ameisen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 4:278-312. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
• Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242. 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.