Cretopone

The taxonomomic placement of this genus is uncertain and it is currently considered incertae sedis in Formicidae.

Nomenclature

 * † CRETOPONE [incertae sedis in Formicidae]
 * †Cretopone Dlussky, 1975: 119. Type-species: †Cretopone magna, by original designation.
 * †Cretopone in Ponerinae: Dlussky, 1975: 119
 * †Cretopone incertae sedis in †Sphecomyrminae: Wilson, 1987: 49.
 * †Cretopone in †Armaniinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77 [†Armaniidae]; Bolton, 1994: 187.
 * †Cretopone incertae sedis in Aculeata: Grimaldi, et al. 1997: 7.
 * †Cretopone incertae sedis in Formicidae (poneromorph subfamilies): Bolton, 2003: 49, 180.
 * †Cretopone as junior synonym of †Sphecomyrma?: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 9.
 * †Cretopone as genus: Dlussky, 1975: 119; Wilson, 1987: 49; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; Bolton, 1994: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 166; Grimaldi, et al. 1997: 7; Bolton, 2003: 180.