Neoponera villosa

Distribution
This taxon was described from Central America.

Nomenclature

 *  villosa. Formica villosa Fabricius, 1804: 409 (w.) CENTRAL AMERICA. Roger, 1861a: 2 (w.q.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952c: 615 (l.); Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 378 (l.). Combination in Pachycondyla: Mayr, 1862: 720; in Neoponera: Emery, 1901a: 43; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 311. Senior synonym of bicolor, pedunculata, pilosa: Roger, 1861: 1; Roger, 1862c: 288. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1908e: 404; Gallardo, 1918b: 56; Mackay & Mackay, 2010: 571.
 * bicolor. Ponera bicolor Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 424 (w.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of villosa: Roger, 1861a: 1; Roger, 1862c: 288.
 * pedunculata. Ponera pedunculata Smith, F. 1858b: 96, pl. 6, fig. 25 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of villosa: Roger, 1861a: 1; Roger, 1862c: 288.
 * pilosa. Ponera pilosa Smith, F. 1858b: 95 (m.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of villosa: Roger, 1861a: 1; Roger, 1862c: 288.

Additional References
Leopoldo Heitor Henrique, Karim Christina Scopinho Furquim & Maria Izabel Camargo Mathias. 2011. Histochemistry and Protein Profile of The Venom Glands of Workers of Neoponera villosa Ants (Hymenoptera: Ponerinae). Sociobiology 58: 749-768.