Metaponini

The tribe Metaponini belongs to the subfamily Myrmicinae. For a list of genera contained within this tribe see Metaponini genera, for species see Metaponini species.

Synopsis
Tribe METAPONINI Metaponini Forel, 1911h: 447. Type-genus: Metapone. Taxonomic history Metaponini as tribe of Ponerinae: Forel, 1911h: 446. Metaponini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 34; Forel, 1917: 240; Emery, 1921f: 19; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 655; all subsequent authors. Genus: Metapone. Tribe Metaponini and genus Metapone references Emery, 1914a: 34 (diagnosis (in key)); Wheeler, W.M. 1919h: 178 (all species key); Emery, 1921f: 19 (diagnosis, catalogue); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 114 (Asia checklist); Kusnezov, 1960a: 119 (morphology); Kugler, C. 1978a: 444 (sting structure); Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 69 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a: 40 (Australia checklist); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79 (synoptic classification); Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1994: 105 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a: 1041 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 258 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 144 (Australia synopsis); Bolton, 2003: 71, 257 (diagnosis, synopsis); Alpert, 2007: 10 (Madagascar species key).