Ponera (Taylor, 1967)

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), pp. 1-242 : 203-205

Species of Ponera

Taylor (1967) revised the species level taxonomy of Ponera and provided a key to species. Since his revision, numerous additional species have been described, especially from China ( Xu, 2001a, 2001b; Zhou, 2001) and Japan ( e.g., Terayama, 1996). Xu (2001a) provided a key to the Chinese Ponera fauna.

P. affinis Jerdon, 1851 : India

P. alisana Terayama, 1986 : Taiwan

P. alpha Taylor, 1967 : New Guinea

P. augusta Taylor, 1967 : New Guinea

P. bableti Perrault, 1993 : Mururoa (Fangataufa Atoll)

P. baka Xu, 2001 : China

P. bawana Xu, 2001 : China

P. bishamon Terayama, 1996 : Japan

P. borneensis Taylor, 1967 : Borneo

P. chapmani Taylor, 1967 : Philippines

P. chiponensis Terayama, 1986 : Taiwan

P. clavicornis Emery, 1900 : New Guinea

P. coarctata (Latreille, 1802) : Luxembourg

P. colaensis Mann, 1921 : Fiji Islands

P. diodonta Xu, 2001 : China

P. elegantula Wilson, 1957 : New Guinea

P. exotica Smith, M.R., 1962 : United States

P. guangxiensis Zhou, 2001 : China

P. incerta (Wheeler, W.M., 1933) : Java

P. japonica Wheeler, W.M., 1906 : Japan

P. kohmoku Terayama, 1996 : Japan

P. leae Forel, 1913 : Tasmania

P. loi Taylor, 1967 : Samoa

P. longlina Xu, 2001 : China

P. manni Taylor, 1967 : Fiji Islands

P. menglana Xu, 2001 : China

P. nangongshana Xu, 2001 : China

P. oreas (Wheeler, W.M., 1933) : Philippines

P. paedericera Zhou, 2001 : China

P. pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866 : United States

P. pentodontos Xu, 2001 : China

P. petila Wilson, 1957 : New Guinea

P. pianmana Xu, 2001 : China

P. pumila Jerdon, 1851 : India

P. rishen Terayama, 2009 : Taiwan

P. ruficornis Spinola, 1851 : Brazil

P. scabra Wheeler, W.M., 1928 : Japan

P. selenophora Emery, 1900 : New Guinea

P. shennong Terayama, 2009 : Taiwan

P. sinensis Wheeler, W.M., 1928 : Hong Kong

P. swezeyi (Wheeler, W.M., 1933) : Hawaii

P. syscena Wilson, 1957 : New Guinea

P. sysphinctoides Bernard, 1950 : France

P. szaboi Wilson, 1957 : New Guinea

P. szentivanyi Wilson, 1957 : New Guinea

P. taipingensis Forel, 1913 : West Malaysia

P. takaminei Terayama, 1996 : Japan

P. tamon Terayama, 1996 : Japan

P. taiyangshen Terayama, 2009 : Taiwan

P. tenuis (Emery, 1900) : New Guinea

P. testacea Emery, 1895 : France

P. woodwardi Taylor, 1967 : Samoa

P. xantha Xu, 2001 : China

P. xenagos Wilson, 1957 : New Guinea

P. yuhuang Terayama, 2009 : Taiwan

Fossil species ( incertae sedis)

† P. elegantissima Meunier, 1923 : Germany (Oligocene)

† P. lobulifera Dlussky, 2009 : Baltic Amber

† P. mayri Dlussky, 2009 : Baltic Amber

† P. leptocephala Emery, 1891 : Sicilian Amber

† P. minuta Donisthorpe, 1920 : Great Britain (Oligocene)

† P. wheeleri Dlussky, 2009 : Bitterfeld Amber