Poneracantha lucaris

Luederwalt (1926) reports a specimen on a shrub devouring the remains of a beetle.

Identification
A member of the lucaris complex (in the ericae subgroup of the sulcata species group). Close to Gnamptogenys siapensis. Head in frontal view subquadrate, scapes smooth and shining; mandibles denticulate; sculpturing of body striate, lacking propodeal denticle. (Lattke 1995)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 * . Gnamptogenys lucaris Kempf, 1968b: 379, fig. 5 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Minas Gerais).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 2+ paratype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: holotype Brazil: Santa Catarina, Ibirama (ex-Hamônia), viii.1910 (H. Luederwaldt); paratypes: workers with same data as holotype (number not stated), 1 worker Brazil: São Paulo, Mun. de Iporanga, 1.xi.1961 (Lenko & Reichardt), 1 worker Brazil: Minas Gerais, Varginha, iv.1927 (T. Borgmeier).
 * Type-depositories: MZSP (holotype); DZSP, MZSP (paratypes).
 * Combination in Poneracantha: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 174; Lattke, et al. 2007: 262 (in key); Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Camacho, et al. 2020: 460 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Distribution: Brazil.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Favretto M. A., E. Bortolon dos Santos, and C. J. Geuster. 2013. Entomofauna from West of Santa Catarina State, South of Brazil. EntomoBrasilis 6 (1): 42-63.
 * Kempf W. W. 1968. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants. IV. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 11: 369-415.
 * Kempf W. W. 1978. A preliminary zoogeographical analysis of a regional ant fauna in Latin America. 114. Studia Entomologica 20: 43-62.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Rosa da Silva R. 1999. Formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) do oeste de Santa Catarina: historico das coletas e lista atualizada das especies do Estado de Santa Catarina. Biotemas 12(2): 75-100.
 * Silva R.R., and C. R. F. Brandao. 2014. Ecosystem-Wide Morphological Structure of Leaf-Litter Ant Communities along a Tropical Latitudinal Gradient. PLoSONE 9(3): e93049. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093049
 * Ulyssea M.A., C. E. Cereto, F. B. Rosumek, R. R. Silva, and B. C. Lopes. 2011. Updated list of ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded in Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil, with a discussion of research advances and priorities. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55(4): 603-611.