Checklist of Neoponera species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Neoponera. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Neoponera species and for distribution information see Neoponera species by Country.

A
aenescens (Mayr, 1870) (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru)

agilis Forel, 1901 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay)

• Neoponera golbachi Kusnezov, 1969

• Neoponera goyana Borgmeier, 1937

antecurvata (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Peru)

apicalis (Latreille, 1802) (Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)

• Neoponera latreillei Forel, 1905

• Neoponera obscuricornis latocciput Forel, 1921

B
bactronica (Fernandes, De Oliveira & Delabie, 2014) (Brazil, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Panama)

billemma (Fernandes, De Oliveira & Delabie, 2014) (Brazil)

bucki (Borgmeier, 1927) (Brazil, Venezuela)

bugabensis Forel, 1899 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama)

C
carbonaria (Smith, F., 1858) (Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Venezuela)

• Euponera atrovirens splendida Forel, 1901

• Pachycondyla atrovirens Mayr, 1866

carinulata (Roger, 1861) (Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru)

• Neoponera carinulata gibbinota Forel, 1909

• Pachycondyla carinulata azteca Forel, 1899

cavinodis Mann, 1916 (Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru)

chyzeri (Forel, 1907) (Colombia)

commutata (Roger, 1860) (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname)

concava (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Brazil)

cooki (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Brazil)

coveri (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Peru)

crenata (Roger, 1861) (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela)

• Ponera pallipes Smith, F., 1858

curvinodis (Forel, 1899) (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela)

D
dismarginata (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Costa Rica)

donosoi (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Ecuador)

E
eleonorae (Forel, 1921) (Ecuador)

emiliae Forel, 1901 (Venezuela)

F
fauveli (Emery, 1896) (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)

fiebrigi Forel, 1912 (Brazil, Paraguay)

fisheri (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Panama)

foetida (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)

• Formica lobata De Geer, 1773

fusca (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Colombia)

G
globularia (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Bolivia)

goeldii Forel, 1912 (Brazil, French Guiana)

• Neoponera lydiae Santschi, 1920

H
hispida (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Colombia)

holcotyle (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Colombia)

I
insignis (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Costa Rica)

inversa (Smith, F., 1858) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela)

L
laevigata (Smith, F., 1858) (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago)

• Euponera laevigata whelpleyi Wheeler, W.M., 1922

• Pachycondyla gagatina Emery, 1890

latinoda (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Brazil)

lineaticeps (Mayr, 1866) (Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Panama)

luteola (Roger, 1861) (Bolivia, Brazil)

M
magnifica (Borgmeier, 1929) (Brazil, Colombia)

marginata (Roger, 1861) (Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay)

metanotalis (Luederwaldt, 1918) (Brazil)

moesta Mayr, 1870 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador)

• Neoponera crenata confusa Santschi, 1921

• Neoponera mesonotalis Santschi, 1923

• Neoponera stipitum Forel, 1901

• Neoponera unidentata sulcatula Santschi, 1919

O
oberthueri (Emery, 1890) (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador)

obscuricornis (Emery, 1890) (Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname)

R
recava (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Colombia)

rostrata (Emery, 1890) (Ecuador, Venezuela)

rugosula Emery, 1902 (Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru)

• Neoponera laevinodis André, 1902

S
schoedli (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2006) (Ecuador)

schultzi (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Brazil)

solisi (Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010) (Costa Rica)

striatinodis Emery, 1890 (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Peru)

• Neoponera bakeri Mann, 1916

• Neoponera rugosinodis André, 1902

T
theresiae (Forel, 1899) (Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru)

U
unidentata Mayr, 1862 (Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)

• Neoponera unidentata eburneipes Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929

• Neoponera unidentata maya Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929

• Neoponera unidentata trinidadensis Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929

V
venusta Forel, 1912 (Brazil)

verenae (Forel, 1922) (Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay)

villosa (Fabricius, 1804) (Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Venezuela)

• Ponera bicolor Guérin-Méneville Guérin-Méneville, 1844

• Ponera pedunculata Smith, F., 1858

• Ponera pilosa Smith, F., 1858

Z
zuparkoi Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2010 (Peru)