Checklist of Ponera species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Ponera. Synonyms are listed under their senior names.

A
affinis Jerdon, 1851 (India)

alisana Terayama, 1986 (Taiwan)

alpha Taylor, 1967 (New Guinea)

augusta Taylor, 1967

B
bableti Perrault, 1993 (French Polynesia (Mururoa Island))

baka Xu, 2001 (China)

bawana Xu, 2001 (China)

bishamon Terayama, 1996 (Japan)

borneensis Taylor, 1967 (Borneo)

C
chapmani Taylor, 1967

chiponensis Terayama, 1986 (Taiwan)

clavicornis Emery, 1900 (Papua New Guinea)

coarctata (Latreille, 1802) (Luxembourg)

• Formica contracta Latreille, 1802

• Ponera coarctata atlantis Santschi, 1921

• Ponera coarctata lucida Emery, 1898

colaensis Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

D
diodonta Xu, 2001 (China)

E
elegantula Wilson, 1957 (New Guinea)

exotica Smith, M.R., 1962 (United States)

G
guangxiensis Zhou, 2001 (China)

H
hubeiensis Wang & Zhao, 2009 (China)

I
incerta (Wheeler, W.M., 1933) (Indonesia)

• Ponera ratardorum Wilson, 1957

indica Bharti & Wachkoo, 2012 (India)

J
japonica Wheeler, W.M., 1906 (Japan)

• Ponera japonica crocea Santschi, 1941

K
kohmoku Terayama, 1996 (Japan)

L
leae Forel, 1913 (Australia)

• Ponera caledonica Wilson, 1957

• Ponera excedra Wilson, 1957

• Ponera leae norfolkensis Wheeler, W.M., 1935

• Ponera leae oculata Wheeler, W.M., 1927

loi Taylor, 1967 (Samoa)

longlina Xu, 2001 (China)

M
manni Taylor, 1967

menglana Xu, 2001 (China)

N
nangongshana Xu, 2001 (China)

O
oreas (Wheeler, W.M., 1933) (Philippines)

P
paedericera Zhou, 2001 (China)

pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866 (United States)

pentodontos Xu, 2001 (China)

petila Wilson, 1957

pianmana Xu, 2001 (China)

pumila Jerdon, 1851 (India)

R
rishen Terayama, 2009 (Taiwan)

ruficornis Spinola, 1851 (Brazil)

S
scabra Wheeler, W.M., 1928 (Japan)

• Ponera yakushimensis Tanaka, 1974

selenophora Emery, 1900 (Papua New Guinea)

shennong Terayama, 2009 (Taiwan)

sinensis Wheeler, W.M., 1928 (China (Hong Kong))

swezeyi (Wheeler, W.M., 1933) (United States (Hawaii))

syscena Wilson, 1957

sysphinctoides Bernard, 1950 (France)

szaboi Wilson, 1957

• Cryptopone mocsaryi Szabó, 1910

szentivanyi Wilson, 1957 (New Guinea)

T
taipingensis Forel, 1913 (West Malaysia)

taiyangshen Terayama, 2009 (Taiwan)

takaminei Terayama, 1996 (Japan)

tamon Terayama, 1996 (Japan)

taylori Bharti & Wachkoo, 2012 (India)

tenuis (Emery, 1900) (Papua New Guinea)

• Ponera huonica Wilson, 1957

testacea Emery, 1895 (France)

• Ponera coarctata crassisquama Emery, 1916

W
woodwardi Taylor, 1967 (Samoa)

X
xantha Xu, 2001 (China)

xenagos Wilson, 1957

Y
yuhuang Terayama, 2009 (Taiwan)

E
elegantissima Meunier, 1923 (Germany (Oligocene))

L
leptocephala Emery, 1891 (Sicilian amber (Oligocene))

lobulifera Dlussky, 2009 (Baltic Amber (Eocene))

M
mayri Dlussky, 2009 (Baltic Amber (Eocene))

minuta Donisthorpe, 1920 (Great Britain (Oligocene))

W
wheeleri Dlussky, 2009 (Bitterfeld Amber (Eocene))