Ponera ergatandria

This species nests in the soil and is polygynous and polydomous. Two types of queen are present, winged and apterous. Males are also dimorphic, they may be large, apterous and dark brown, or small, apterous and yellow. (Japanese Ant Image Database)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Republic of Tanzania. Indo-Australian Region: Hawaii, Indonesia. Neotropical Region: Netherlands Antilles, United States Virgin Islands. Palaearctic Region: Belgium, Germany, Japan, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Nomenclature

 *  ergatandria. Ponera ergatandria Forel, 1893g: 365 (w.q. ergatoid m.) WEST INDIES. Combination in Hypoponera: Kempf, 1972a: 122. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Taylor, 1968a: 65. Revived status as species: Kempf, 1972a: 122. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1343; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 86. Revived from synonymy and senior synonym of aemula, bondroiti, kalakauae, schauinslandi: Seifert, 2013: 198. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1937c: 59.
 * aemula. Ponera dulcis var. aemula Santschi, 1911c: 351 (w.) TANZANIA. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213. Junior synonym of schauinslandi: Seifert, 2003c: 69; of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87; of ergatandria: Seifert, 2013: 198.
 * bondroiti. Ponera ergatandria subsp. bondroiti Forel, 1911c: 285 (w.q. ergatoid m.) BELGIUM. Combination in Hypoponera: Onoyama, 1989b: 2. Raised to species: Santschi, 1937h: 364. Junior synonym of schauinslandi: Seifert, 2003c: 69; of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87; of ergatandria: Seifert, 2013: 198.
 * kalakauae. Ponera kalakauae Forel, 1899a: 115 (ergatoid q. (not w.), q.) HAWAII. Junior synonym of gleadowi: Wilson, 1958d: 328; of punctatissima: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 29 (in text); of ergatandria: Seifert, 2013: 198.
 * schauinslandi. Ponera punctatissima subsp. schauinslandi Emery, 1899d: 439 (q.) HAWAII. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 28. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Seifert, 2003c: 69. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87; of ergatandria: Seifert, 2013: 198.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Forel A. 1914. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50: 211-288.
 * Forel, A.. "Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913(Suppl.) (1913): 203-225.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004