Hypoponera punctatissima

Identification
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Distribution
It is found in the United States, New Caledonia, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It has been introduced into New Zealand.

Nomenclature

 * androgyna. Ponera androgyna Roger, 1859: 246 (footnote) (ergatoid m.) GERMANY. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Emery & Forel, 1879: 455; Seifert, 2003c: 69.
 * argonautorum. Ponera argonautorum Arnol'di, 1932b: 66, figs. 6, 7 (q.) RUSSIA. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
 * breviceps. Ponera breviceps Bernard, 1953b: 202, fig. 3 (q.) (m. excluded, see Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 88) GUINEA. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
 * brevis. Ponera brevis Santschi, 1921c: 113, fig. 1 (w.) BENIN. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
 * cognata. Ponera ergatandria st. cognata Santschi, 1912b: 153 (w.) ANGOLA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ponera cognata Emery, 1896g: 56 (now in Pachycondyla).] Bernard, 1953b: 202 (q.). Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213. Raised to species: Bernard, 1953b: 202. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87. See also: Arnold, 1915: 81.
 * durbanensis. Ponera sulcatinasis r. durbanensis Forel, 1914d: 213 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Arnold, 1926: 206 (q.). Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 214. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
 * 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. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1937c: 59.
 * exacta. Ponera punctatissima var. exacta Santschi, 1923a: 134 (w.) TUNISIA. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 71; Seifert, 2003c: 69.
 * incisa. Ponera incisa Santschi, 1914d: 320, fig. 8 (ergatoid m., not w.) NIGERIA. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 214. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
 * jugata. Ponera punctatissima r. jugata Forel, 1892l: 251 (q.) MADAGASCAR. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 215. Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 39. Subspecies of punctatissima: Emery, 1899f: 268. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Seifert, 2003c: 69.
 * mesoepinotalis. Ponera mesoepinotalis Weber, 1942a: 44, fig. 4 (w.) SUDAN. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 215. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
 * mina. Ponera mina Wheeler, W.M. 1927i: 131, fig. 2 (w.q. ergatoid m.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Hypoponera: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 31. Junior synonym of gleadowi: Wilson, 1958d: 329. Revived from synonymy: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 31. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 29 (in text); Taylor, 1987a: 30. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1937c: 59.
 * petri. Ponera ergatandria r. petri Forel, 1916: 397 (ergatoid q., not w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 216. Raised to species: Santschi, 1938b: 78. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
 *  punctatissima. Ponera punctatissima Roger, 1859: 246, pl. 7, fig. 7 (w.q.) POLAND and GERMANY. Combination in Hypoponera: Taylor, 1967a: 12. Senior synonym of androgyna: Emery & Forel, 1879: 455, Seifert, 2003c: 69; of tarda: Dalla Torre, 1893: 41, Seifert, 2003c: 69; of kalakauae, mina, mumfordi: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 29 (in text); of ergatandria: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1343; of mina: Taylor, 1987a: 30; of exacta: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 71, Seifert, 2003c: 69; of jugata: Seifert, 2003c: 69; of aemula, argonautorum, bondroiti, breviceps, brevis, cognata, durbanensis, incisa, mesoepinotalis, petri, schauinslandi, sordida, sulcitana, ursoidea: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87. Current subspecies: nominal plus indifferens. See also: Emery, 1916b: 110; Wheeler, W.M. 1937c: 59; Collingwood, 1979: 30.
 * 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.
 * sordida. Ponera ragusai var. sordida Santschi, 1914b: 54 (w.) KENYA. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 216. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
 * sulcitana. Ponera sulcitana Stefani, 1970: 1, figs. 1-12 (w.q. ergatoid m., l.) ITALY. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 216. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.
 * tarda. Ponera tarda Charsley, 1877: 162 (w.q.) GREAT BRITAIN. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Dalla Torre, 1893: 41; Seifert, 2003c: 69.
 * ursoidea. Ponera ursoidea Bernard, 1953b: 203, fig. 3 (ergatoid q., not w.) GUINEA. Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 216. Junior synonym of punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87.