Poneracantha

Species by Region
Number of species within biogeographic regions, along with the total number of species for each region.

Biology
Brown's (1993) account of predation and feeding for the species Poneracantha ingeborgae provides insight into how some of the species in this genus specialize on millipede prey.

Nomenclature

 * PONERACANTHA [Ectatomminae: Ectatommini]
 * Poneracantha Emery, 1897d: 547 [as subgenus of Ectatomma]. Type-species: Ectatomma (Holcoponera) bispinosum Emery, 1890b: 40, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

 * Poneracantha as subgenus of Ectatomma: Emery, 1911d: 43; Forel, 1917: 236; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 643; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 685.
 * Poneracantha as junior synonym of Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 111; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1337; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Bolton, 2003: 174.
 * Poneracantha as genus: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Poneracantha as senior synonym of Barbourella: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Poneracantha as senior synonym of Parectatomma: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Poneracantha references: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11 (diagnosis).
 * [For references pre-2022 see under Gnamptogenys.]