Mesoponera elisae rotundata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa.

Nomenclature

 *  rotundata. Ponera elisae var. rotundata Emery, 1895h: 20 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Arnold, 1915: 71 (q.). Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901a: 46; in E. (Xiphopelta): Forel, 1913j: 206; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309. Senior synonym of arnoldi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 776. Currently subspecies of elisae: Santschi, 1937d: 217.
 * arnoldi. Ponera (Xiphopelta) arnoldi Forel, 1913a: 108 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Junior synonym of rotundata: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 776.

Additional References

 * 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, 1–242 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1)