Xiphopelta

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Mesoponera.

Nomenclature

 * XIPHOPELTA [junior synonym of Mesoponera]
 * Xiphopelta Forel, 1913a: 108 [as subgenus of Ponera]. Type-species: Ponera (Xiphopelta) arnoldi, by monotypy.
 * Xiphopelta subgenus of Euponera: Forel, 1917: 237; Bernard, 1953b: 191.
 * Xiphopelta junior synonym of Pachycondyla: Snelling, R.R. 1981: 389; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Brown, in Bolton, 1994: 164.
 * Xiphopelta junior synonym of Mesoponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 775; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 107.
 * [Hiphopelta: incorrect subsequent spelling by Forel, 1913a: 108.]