Mesoponera elisae divaricata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Eritrea, Ethiopia.

Nomenclature

 * . Euponera (Xiphopelta) elisae subsp. divaricata Emery, 1915g: 6, fig. 3 (w.) ERITREA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Eritrea: Cheren (F. Silvestri), Ghinda (F. Silvestri), and Nefasit (F. Silvestri).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Combination in E. (Mesoponera): Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 775;
 * combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 305;
 * combination in Mesoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 110.
 * Subspecies of elisae: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 775; Santschi, 1935b: 260 (in key); Finzi, 1939a: 161; Bolton, 1995b: 305; Madl, 2019: 17.
 * Distribution: Eritrea.