Mesoponera elisae

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania. Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 *  elisae. Ponera elisae Forel, 1891b: 221, pl. 5, fig. 10 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901a: 46; in E. (Xiphopelta): Forel, 1913j: 206; in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 305; in Mesoponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 110. Current subspecies: nominal plus divaricata, redbankensis, rotundata.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
 * Forel A. 1892. Nouvelles espèces de Formicides de Madagascar (récoltées par M. Sikora). Première série. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 36: 516-535.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055