Kinds of Formicidae

World Ants
(Valid extant species)

Gary Alpert
Harvard University
Gary_Alpert@harvard.edu

Barry Bolton
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom


Supported by
Edward O. Wilson, Leica, Syncroscopy, FileMaker

Technical support
Piotr Naskrecki

Contributors
Stefan Cover, John LaPolla,
Katsuyuki Eguchi, Rudy Kohout, Philip S. Ward

This world ant list is dedicated to the memory of William L. Brown, Jr.

Scientific name -- Other names
Ponera Latreille, 1804
   Ponera alisana Terayama, 1986
   Ponera alpha Taylor, 1967
   Ponera augusta Taylor, 1967
   Ponera bableti Perrault, 1993
   Ponera baka Xu, 2001
   Ponera bawana Xu, 2001
   Ponera bishamon Terayama, 1996
   Ponera borneensis Taylor, 1967
   Ponera chapmani Taylor, 1967
   Ponera chiponensis Terayama, 1986
   Ponera clavicornis Emery, 1900
   Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
   Ponera colaensis Mann, 1921
   Ponera diodonta Xu, 2001
   Ponera elegantula Wilson, 1957
   Ponera exotica Smith M. R., 1962
   Ponera guangxiensis Zhou, 2001
   Ponera incerta (Wheeler, W. M., 1933)
   Ponera japonica Wheeler, W. M., 1906
   Ponera kohmoku Terayama, 1996
   Ponera leae Forel, 1913
   Ponera loi Taylor, 1967
   Ponera longlina Xu, 2001
   Ponera manni Taylor, 1967
   Ponera menglana Xu, 2001
   Ponera nangongshana Xu, 2001
   Ponera oreas (Wheeler, W. M., 1933)
   Ponera paedericera Zhou, 2001
   Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866
   Ponera pentodontos Xu, 2001
   Ponera petila Wilson, 1957
   Ponera pianmana Xu, 2001
   Ponera scabra Wheeler, W. M., 1928
   Ponera selenophora Emery, 1900
   Ponera sinensis Wheeler, W. M., 1928
   Ponera swezeyi (Wheeler, W. M., 1933)
   Ponera syscena Wilson, 1957
   Ponera sysphinctoides Bernard, 1950
   Ponera szaboi Wilson, 1957
   Ponera szentivanyi Wilson, 1957
   Ponera taipingensis Forel, 1913
   Ponera takaminei Terayama, 1996
   Ponera tamon Terayama, 1996
   Ponera tenuis (Emery, 1900)
   Ponera testacea (Emery, 1895, )
   Ponera woodwardi Taylor, 1967
   Ponera xantha Xu, 2001
   Ponera xenagos Wilson, 1957
   Ponera yakushimensis Tanaka, 1974

Updated: 2016-02-11 22:48:41

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