Checklist of Neoponera species

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Neoponera
Ponerinae
File:Neoponera villosa Neoponera villosa
Distribution
Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species	58
Invalid Species	26
Fossils	1
Countries Occupied	23
Year Described	1901
First Species Described	1758
Last Species Described	2022

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Neoponera. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Neoponera species and for distribution information see Neoponera species by Country.

A

aenescens (Mayr, 1870) (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru)
agilis Forel, 1901 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay)
   • Neoponera golbachi Kusnezov, 1969
   • Neoponera goyana Borgmeier, 1937

antecurvata (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Peru)
apicalis (Latreille, 1802) (Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)
   • Neoponera latreillei Forel, 1905
   • Neoponera obscuricornis latocciput Forel, 1921

B

bactronica (Fernandes, De Oliveira & Delabie, 2014) (Brazil, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Panama)
billemma (Fernandes, De Oliveira & Delabie, 2014) (Brazil)
bucki (Borgmeier, 1927) (Brazil, Venezuela)
bugabensis Forel, 1899 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama)

C

carbonaria (Smith, F., 1858) (Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela)
   • Euponera atrovirens splendida Forel, 1901
   • Pachycondyla atrovirens Mayr, 1866

carinulata (Roger, 1861) (Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru)
   • Neoponera carinulata gibbinota Forel, 1909
   • Pachycondyla carinulata azteca Forel, 1899

cavinodis Mann, 1916 (Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru)
chyzeri (Forel, 1907) (Colombia)
commutata (Roger, 1860) (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname)
concava (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Brazil)
cooki (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Brazil)
coveri (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Peru)
crenata (Roger, 1861) (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela)
   • Ponera pallipes Smith, F., 1858

curvinodis (Forel, 1899) (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela)

D

dismarginata (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Costa Rica)
donosoi (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Ecuador)

E

eleonorae (Forel, 1921) (Ecuador)
emiliae Forel, 1901 (Venezuela)

F

fauveli (Emery, 1896) (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
fiebrigi Forel, 1912 (Brazil, Paraguay)
fisheri (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Panama)
foetida (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)
   • Formica lobata De Geer, 1773

fusca (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Colombia)

G

globularia (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Bolivia)
goeldii Forel, 1912 (Brazil, French Guiana)
   • Neoponera lydiae Santschi, 1920

gojira Troya & Lattke, 2022 (Brazil)

H

hispida (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Colombia)
holcotyle (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Colombia)

I

insignis (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Costa Rica)
inversa (Smith, F., 1858) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela)

L

laevigata (Smith, F., 1858) (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago)
   • Euponera laevigata whelpleyi Wheeler, W.M., 1922
   • Pachycondyla gagatina Emery, 1890

latinoda (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Brazil)
lineaticeps (Mayr, 1866) (Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama)
luteola (Roger, 1861) (Bolivia, Brazil)

M

magnifica (Borgmeier, 1929) (Brazil, Colombia)
marginata (Roger, 1861) (Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay)
mashpi Troya & Lattke, 2022 (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela)
metanotalis (Luederwaldt, 1918) (Brazil)
moesta Mayr, 1870 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador)
   • Neoponera crenata confusa Santschi, 1921
   • Neoponera mesonotalis Santschi, 1923
   • Neoponera stipitum Forel, 1901
   • Neoponera unidentata sulcatula Santschi, 1919

O

oberthueri (Emery, 1890) (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador)
obscuricornis (Emery, 1890) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname)

R

recava (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Colombia)
rostrata (Emery, 1890) (Ecuador, Venezuela)
rugosula Emery, 1902 (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru)
   • Neoponera laevinodis André, 1902

S

schoedli (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2006) (Ecuador)
schultzi (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Brazil)
solisi (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Costa Rica)
striatinodis Emery, 1890 (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru)
   • Neoponera bakeri Mann, 1916
   • Neoponera rugosinodis André, 1902

T

theresiae (Forel, 1899) (Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru)

U

unidentata Mayr, 1862 (Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)
   • Neoponera unidentata eburneipes Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929
   • Neoponera unidentata maya Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929
   • Neoponera unidentata trinidadensis Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929

V

venusta Forel, 1912 (Brazil)
verenae (Forel, 1922) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay)
villosa (Fabricius, 1804) (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Venezuela)
   • Ponera bicolor Guérin-Méneville Guérin-Méneville, 1844
   • Ponera pedunculata Smith, F., 1858
   • Ponera pilosa Smith, F., 1858

Z

zuparkoi Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010 (Peru)

Fossil Species

V

vejestoria Fiorentino, Lattke, Troya, Sosiak, Dong & Barden, 2023 (Dominican amber, Dominican Republic (Burdigalian, Early Miocene))