Poneracantha

Biology
Brown's (1993) account of predation and feeding for the species Poneracantha ingeborgae provides insight into how some of the species in this genus specialize on millipede prey.

Nomenclature

 * PONERACANTHA [Ectatomminae: Ectatommini]
 * Poneracantha Emery, 1897d: 547 [as subgenus of Ectatomma]. Type-species: Ectatomma (Holcoponera) bispinosum Emery, 1890b: 40, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

 * Poneracantha as subgenus of Ectatomma: Emery, 1911d: 43; Forel, 1917: 236; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 643; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 685.
 * Poneracantha as junior synonym of Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 211; Kempf, 1972a: 111; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1337; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Bolton, 2003: 174.
 * Poneracantha as genus: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Poneracantha as senior synonym of Barbourella: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Poneracantha as senior synonym of Parectatomma: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11.
 * Poneracantha references: Camacho, Franco, Branstetter, et al. 2022: 11 (diagnosis).
 * [For references pre-2022 see under Gnamptogenys.]