Ponerites taurica

Distribution
This taxon was described from Russia (Miocene).

Nomenclature

 * † tauricus. †Dolichoderus tauricus Dlussky, 1981b: 70, fig. 52 (q.) RUSSIA (Miocene).
 * Combination in †Ponerites: Perfilieva, et al. 2017: 393.
 * Status as species: Shattuck, 1994: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 176; Perfilieva, et al. 2017: 393 (redescription).

Type Material
Holotype. Three-dimensional part and counterpart of a female; Crimea, Malyi Kamyshlak locality; Middle Miocene, Upper Tarkhanian (16.5-15.5 Ma bp) (Arthropod Laboratory of the A.A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, no. 287/343).