Poneracantha menozzii

Found in forested areas, including montane forests.

Identification
A member of the rastrata complex (in the rastrata subgroup of the rastrata species group). Eyes convex; mandibles; promesonotal suture impressed but not deep, metanotal groove very deep; propodeal teeth short; mesosoma longitudinally costulate. (Lattke 1995)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 * . Holcoponera menozzii Borgmeier, 1928a: 32 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Rio Grande do Sul).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”), 1 syntype queen.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Nova Petropolis, 8.i.1927 (P. Buck).
 * Type-depositories: MCZC, MZSP, NHMB (perhaps also in IEUB).
 * Combination in Ectatomma (Parectatomma): Santschi, 1929h: 476;
 * combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 228;
 * combination in Poneracantha: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1929h: 476; Brown, 1958g: 228, 316; Kempf, 1972a: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 175; Lattke, et al. 2007: 263 (in key); Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Camacho, et al. 2020: 461 (in key); Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Senior synonym of schubarti: Lattke, 1995: 175; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Distribution: Brazil, Colombia.
 * schubarti. Ectatomma (Parectatomma) schubarti Borgmeier, 1948a: 198, fig. 22 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
 * Type-material: 10 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Monte Alegre, iv.1944 (O. Schubart).
 * Type-depository: MZSP.
 * Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 229.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 229; Kempf, 1972a: 114; Bolton, 1995b: 210.
 * Junior synonym of menozzii: Lattke, 1995: 175; Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borgmeier T. 1948. Die Geschlechtstiere zweier Eciton-Arten und einige andere Ameisen aus Mittel- und Suedamerika (Hym. Formicidae). Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 19: 191-206.
 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.
 * Franco W., N. Ladino, J. H. C. Delabie, A. Dejean, J. Orivel, M. Fichaux, S. Groc, M. Leponce, and R. M. Feitosa. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674(5): 509-543.
 * 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).
 * Lattke J. E. 1995. Revision of the ant genus Gnamptogenys in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 4: 137-193
 * Scott-Santos, C.P., F.A. Esteves, C.R.F. Brandao. 2008. Catalogue of "Poneromorph" ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) deposited in the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 48(11):75-88.
 * Soares, S.M. and J.H. Schoereder. 2001. Ant-nest distribution in a remnant of tropical rainforest in southeastern Brazil. Insectes Sociaux 48:280-286
 * do Nascimento, I.C. 2006. Fenologia dos Voos de Acasalamento em Formigas Tropicais