Pachycondyla unicolor

Schmith & Shattuck (2014), during their revision of the subfamily Ponerinae, were unable to determine the proper generic placement of this taxon. They left it assigned to Pachycondyla but noted that this placement is undoubtedly incorrect. Exact placement will require detailed examination of relevant material of this taxa.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia, Sulawesi.

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera unicolor Smith, F. 1860a: 73 (m.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi).
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Sulawesi, Makassar, “Mak.” (A.R. Wallace).
 * Type-depository: OXUM.
 * [Note: gastral apex of holotype is missing. There is a second male in OXUM, from Tondano (Sulawesi), apparently of the same species and complete.]
 * Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458;
 * combination in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2;
 * incertae sedis in Pachycondyla: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 155.
 * [Note: generic combination equivocal: probably not a Bothroponera, and certainly not a Pachycondyla; perhaps Pseudoneoponera.]
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 451; Smith, F. 1871a: 322; Dalla Torre, 1893: 42; Emery, 1901g: 566; Emery, 1911d: 116; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 458; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 311.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi).

Ponera unicolor

Holotype male in. Labelled “Mak.” (= Makassar, Sulawesi) and with a Donisthorpe type-label. Gastral apex of holotype is missing. There is a second male in, from Tondano (Sulawesi), apparently of the same species and complete.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Emery C. 1901. Formiciden von Celebes. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 14:565-580.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.