Acanthoponera mucronata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera mucronata Roger, 1860: 299 (q.) BRAZIL (no state data).
 * Mayr, 1862: 733 (w.); Ketterl & Verhaagh, 2004: 66 (m.).
 * Combination in Ectatomma: Roger, 1863b: 17;
 * combination in Ectatomma (Acanthoponera): Mayr, 1862: 733; Mayr, 1887: 540;
 * combination in Acanthoponera: Emery, 1911d: 36.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 733; Mayr, 1863: 410; Roger, 1863b: 17; Dalla Torre, 1893: 25; Emery, 1894c: 143; Forel, 1895b: 112; Forel, 1899c: 9; Forel, 1905b: 156; Emery, 1911d: 36; Forel, 1912c: 34; Luederwaldt, 1918: 34; Borgmeier, 1923: 55; Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 189; Borgmeier, 1939: 418; Kusnezov, 1953b: 336; Brown, 1958g: 194; Kempf, 1972a: 9; Fernández, 1993: 251; Bolton, 1995b: 54; Ketterl & Verhaagh, 2004: 66; Wild, 2007b: 29; Arias-Penna & Fernández, 2008: 112; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 227; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 675.
 * Senior synonym of goyana: Brown, 1958g: 194; Kempf, 1972a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 54.
 * Senior synonym of plaumanni: Brown, 1958g: 194; Kempf, 1972a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 54.
 * Senior synonym of wagneri: Brown, 1958g: 194; Kempf, 1972a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 54.
 * goyana. Acanthoponera goeldii subsp. goyana Borgmeier, 1939: 418 (w.) BRAZIL (Goiás).
 * Junior synonym of mucronata: Brown, 1958g: 194; Kempf, 1972a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 53.
 * plaumanni. Acanthoponera plaumanni Donisthorpe, 1938a: 140 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
 * Junior synonym of mucronata: Brown, 1958g: 194; Kempf, 1972a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 54.
 * wagneri. Acanthoponera mucronata var. wagneri Santschi, 1921g: 84 (w.) ARGENTINA (Santiago del Estero).
 * Subspecies of mucronata: Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 190.
 * Junior synonym of mucronata: Brown, 1958g: 194; Kempf, 1972a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 54.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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