Pachycondyla solitaria

Schmith & Shattuck (2014), during their revision of the subfamily Ponerinae, were unable to determine the proper generic placement of this taxon. They left it assigned to Pachycondyla but noted that this placement is undoubtedly incorrect. Exact placement will require detailed examination of relevant material of this taxa.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera solitaria Smith, F. 1860b: 103 (m.) INDONESIA (Bacan I.).
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Bachian (= Bacan I.), “Bac.” (A.R. Wallace).
 * Type-depository: OXUM.
 * Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 461;
 * combination in Bothroponera: Wilson, 1958d: 362; Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2;
 * combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309;
 * incertae sedis in Pachycondyla: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 155.
 * [Note: true generic combination equivocal; certainly not Pachycondyla, probably not Bothroponera; perhaps Pseudoneoponera.]
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 450; Smith, F. 1871a: 323; Dalla Torre, 1893: 42; Emery, 1911d: 116; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 72; Wilson, 1958d: 362; Bolton, 1995b: 303.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Bacan).

Holotype male in. Labelled “Bac” (= Batjan I.) and with a Donisthorpe type-label. The head of the holotype is glued separately onto the stage card.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Smith, Fr. "Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea." Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5 (1860): 93-143.
 * Wilson E. O. 1958. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371.