Poneracantha banksi

Found in rotten logs in lowland rain forest, this species is a specialist millipede predator. (Lattke 1995)

Identification
Rarely collected. Finely costulate; head broad with longitudinally striated scapes; mesometanotal suture not deeply impressed, but distinct. It lacks the long, fine mandibular sulcus present in Gnamptogenys laticephala. (Lattke 1995)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama.

Nomenclature

 *  banksi. Emeryella (Barbourella) banksi Wheeler, W.M. 1930f: 10, fig. 1 (q.) PANAMA. Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 227.