Protonym: Acanthoponera
Authorship Mayr, 1862: 732
Type name Type-species: Ponera mucronata (obsolete combination of Acanthoponera mucronata), by subsequent designation of Emery, 1911e: 158.
Type notes Emery, 1911e: 36, and Wheeler, 1911g: 158, both nominated Acanthoponera mucronata as type-species. According to Evenhuis, 1994a, Emery, 1911e was published on 9.ix.1911, which is slightly earlier than Wheeler, 1911g, published on 17.x.1911.
Notes [as subgenus of Ectatomma]
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Acanthoponera Genus Valid
Ectatomma (Acanthoponera) Subgenus Obsolete combination
an obsolete classification of Acanthoponera Mayr, 1862