Pseudoponera

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Nomenclature

 *  PSEUDOPONERA  [Ponerinae: Ponerini]
 * Pseudoponera Emery, 1900c: 314 [as subgenus of Pachycondyla]. Type-species: Ponera quadridentata (junior synonym of Formica stigma), by monotypy.
 * [Pseudoponera also described as new by Emery, 1901a: 42. Type-species not Ponera amblyops, unjustified subsequent designation by Emery, 1901a: 42; repeated in Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 171, Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 779 and Donisthorpe, 1943g: 723.]
 * Pseudoponera subgenus of Pachycondyla: Emery, 1900c: 314; Emery, 1901a: 42.
 * Pseudoponera subgenus of Euponera: Forel, 1901c: 141; Forel, 1901g: 398; Emery, 1909c: 364.
 * Pseudoponera raised to genus: Bingham, 1903: 91; Emery, 1911d: 86; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 649; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 205.
 * Pseudoponera senior synonym of Trachymesopus (because of synonymous type-species): Bolton, 1995b: 45.
 * Pseudoponera junior synonym of Pachycondyla: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Brown, in Bolton, 1994: 164.
 * Pseudoponera revived from synonymy: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 205.
 * TRACHYMESOPUS [junior synonym of Pseudoponera]
 * Trachymesopus Emery, 1911d: 84 [as subgenus of Euponera]. Type-species: Formica stigma, by original designation.
 * Trachymesopus raised to genus: Wilson, 1958d: 352.
 * Trachymesopus junior synonym of Pachycondyla: Snelling, R.R. 1981: 389; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Brown, in Bolton, 1994: 164.
 * Trachymesopus junior synonym of Pseudoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 48 (because of synonymous type-species); Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 205.
 * [Trachyponera: incorrect subsequent spelling by Santschi, 1928a: 43.]