Petropone

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

Nomenclature
Taxonomic history
 * † PETROPONE [incertae sedis in Aculeata]
 * †Petropone Dlussky, 1975: 119. Type-species: †Petropone petiolata Dlussky, 1975: 119, by original designation.
 * †Petropone in Ponerinae: Dlussky, 1975: 119.
 * †Petropone incertae sedis in †Sphecomyrminae: Wilson, 1987: 49.
 * †Petropone incertae sedis in in †Armaniidae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; Bolton, 1994: 187.
 * †Petropone incertae sedis in Formicidae (poneromorph subfamilies): Bolton, 2003: 49, 181.
 * †Petropone excluded from Formicidae, incertae sedis in Hymenoptera, Aculeata: Grimaldi, et al. 1997: 7; Borysenko, 2017: 20.
 * †Petropone as junior synonym of †Sphecomyrma?: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 9.
 * †Petropone as genus: Carpenter, 1992: 493; Bolton, 1994: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 316 (catalogue); Grimaldi, et al. 1997: 7; Bolton, 2003: 181; Borysenko, 2017: 20.