Checklist of Hypoponera species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Hypoponera. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Hypoponera species.

A
abeillei (André, 1881) (Egypt, France, Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Tunisia)

agilis (Borgmeier, 1934) (Suriname)

albopubescens (Menozzi, 1939) (Indonesia, New Guinea)

aliena (Smith, F., 1858) (Brazil)

angustata (Santschi, 1914) (Cameroun, Central African Republic, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda)

aprora Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Tanzania)

argentina (Santschi, 1922) (Argentina, Paraguay)

assmuthi (Forel, 1905) (India)

austra Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (South Africa)

B
beebei (Wheeler, W.M., 1924) (Ecuador)

beppin Terayama, 1999 (China, Japan)

biroi (Emery, 1900) (New Guinea, Solomon Islands)

blanda Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Central African Republic, Uganda)

boerorum (Forel, 1901) (Belgium, South Africa)

bugnioni (Forel, 1912) (Indonesia)

bulawayensis (Forel, 1913) (Tanzania, Zimbabwe)

butteli (Forel, 1913) (Indonesia)

C
camerunensis (Santschi, 1914) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Uganda)

ceylonensis (Mayr, 1897) (China, Sri Lanka)

clavatula (Emery, 1906) (Argentina)

coeca (Santschi, 1914) (Angola, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda)

• Ponera myrmicariae Wasmann, 1918

collegiana (Santschi, 1925) (Brazil)

collegiana paranensis (Santschi, 1925) (Brazil)

comis Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Tanzania)

confinis (Roger, 1860) (Bangladesh, China, India, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tonga)

• Ponera convexiuscula nautarum Santschi, 1938

confinis aitkenii (Forel, 1900) (India)

confinis epinotalis (Viehmeyer, 1916) (Singapore)

confinis javana (Forel, 1905) (Borneo, Indonesia, Krakatau Islands, Philippines)

confinis singaporensis (Viehmeyer, 1916) (Singapore)

confinis wroughtonii (Forel, 1900) (India)

congrua (Wheeler, W.M., 1934) (Australia)

convexiuscula (Forel, 1900) (Australia)

creola (Menozzi, 1931) (Costa Rica, Mexico)

D
decora (Clark, 1934) (Australia)

defessa Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Cameroun, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo)

dema Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Rwanda, Uganda)

dis Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Tanzania)

distinguenda (Emery, 1890) (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Venezuela)

distinguenda dispar (Santschi, 1925) (Brazil)

distinguenda histrio (Forel, 1912) (Argentina)

distinguenda inexpedita (Forel, 1911) (Brazil)

distinguenda vana (Forel, 1909) (Guatemala)

dulcis (Forel, 1907) (Angola, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

• Ponera dulcis uncta Santschi, 1914

• Ponera lamottei Bernard, 1953

• Ponera lotti Weber, 1947

• Ponera mandibularis Bernard, 1953

• Ponera muscicola Weber, 1947

• Ponera rothkirchi Wasmann, 1918

• Ponera villiersi Bernard, 1953

E
eduardi (Forel, 1894) (Algeria, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Chile, Comoros, Croatia, France, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Italy, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, New Zealand, Portugal, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates)

• Ponera antipodum Forel, 1895

• Ponera dideroti Forel, 1913

• Ponera opaciceps chilensis Forel, 1914

elliptica (Forel, 1900) (Australia, New Caledonia)

emeryi (Donisthorpe, 1943) (New Guinea)

eutrepta (Wilson, 1958) (Fiji)

• Ponera biroi rugosa Mann, 1921

exigua Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Ethiopia)

exoecata (Wheeler, W.M., 1928) (China)

F
faceta (Menozzi, 1931) (Costa Rica)

faex Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Ethiopia)

fatiga Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Central African Republic, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)

fenestralis (Gallardo, 1918) (Argentina)

fiebrigi (Forel, 1908) (Paraguay)

fiebrigi antoniensis (Forel, 1912) (Colombia)

fiebrigi famini (Forel, 1912) (Colombia)

fiebrigi transiens (Santschi, 1925) (Argentina)

foeda (Forel, 1893) (Brazil, Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Haiti, Mexico)

foeda saroltae (Forel, 1912) (Brazil)

foreli (Mayr, 1887) (Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela)

G
gibbinota (Forel, 1912) (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

gracilicornis (Menozzi, 1931) (Costa Rica)

grandidieri (Santschi, 1921) (Madagascar)

H
hawkesi Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Tanzania)

hebes Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Rwanda)

herbertonensis (Forel, 1915) (Australia)

I
idelettae (Santschi, 1923) (Brazil)

ignavia Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (South Africa, Zimbabwe)

ignigera (Menozzi, 1927) (Costa Rica)

iheringi (Forel, 1908) (Brazil)

importuna Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Central African Republic, Gabon, Kenya)

inaudax (Santschi, 1919) (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria)

indigens (Forel, 1895) (Comoros, Mayotte)

indigens bellicosa (Forel, 1895) (Madagascar)

inexorata (Wheeler, W.M., 1903) (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States)

inexorata fallax (Forel, 1909) (Guatemala)

J
jeanneli (Santschi, 1935) (Cameroun, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

• Ponera coarctata imatongica Weber, 1942

• Ponera jeanneli abyssinica Santschi, 1938

jocosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Ethiopia)

johannae (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Seychelles)

juxta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Ethiopia)

L
lamellosa (Forel, 1907) (Malaysia)

lassa Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Ghana, Ivory Coast)

lea (Santschi, 1937) (Sierra Leone)

leninei (Santschi, 1925) (Brazil)

lepida Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Central African Republic, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria)

longiceps (Forel, 1913) (Indonesia)

ludovicae (Forel, 1892) (Madagascar)

lumpurensis (Forel, 1907) (Malaysia)

lumpurensis slamatana (Forel, 1913) (Indonesia)

M
mackayensis (Forel, 1900) (Australia)

macradelphe (Wilson, 1958) (New Guinea)

madecassa (Santschi, 1938) (Madagascar)

malayana (Wheeler, W.M., 1929) (Malaysia)

menozzii (Santschi, 1932) (Costa Rica)

• Ponera longiceps Menozzi, 1931

meridia Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (South Africa)

mixta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Kenya)

molesta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon)

monticola (Mann, 1921) (Fiji)

N
natalensis (Santschi, 1914) (South Africa)

neglecta (Santschi, 1923) (Brazil)

nippona (Santschi, 1937) (China, Japan, Republic of Korea)

nitidula (Emery, 1890) (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico)

nivariana (Santschi, 1908) (Canary Islands, Spain)

nubatama Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996 (Japan)

O
obtunsa Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Zimbabwe)

occidentalis (Bernard, 1953) (Cameroun, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)

• Ponera intermedia Bernard, 1953

odiosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Cameroun)

opaciceps (Mayr, 1887) (American Samoa, Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Japan, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), New Caledonia, New Guinea, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay)

• Ponera andrei Emery, 1900

• Ponera opaciceps postangustata Forel, 1908

• Ponera perkinsi Forel, 1899

opaciceps cubana (Santschi, 1930) (Cuba, Greater Antilles)

opaciceps gaigei (Forel, 1914) (Colombia)

opaciceps jamaicensis (Aguayo, 1932) (Jamaica)

opaciceps pampana (Santschi, 1925) (Argentina)

opacior (Forel, 1893) (Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States)

• Ponera opaciceps chilensis Forel, 1914

orba (Emery, 1915) (Eritrea, Ethiopia)

P
pallidula (Emery, 1900) (Lord Howe Island, New Guinea)

• Ponera pallidula fuscula Emery, 1901

papuana (Emery, 1900) (New Guinea, Solomon Islands)

parva (Forel, 1909) (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela)

perparva Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Congo, South Africa, Tanzania)

perplexa (Mann, 1922) (Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Panama)

petiolata (Bernard, 1953) (Guinea)

pia (Forel, 1901) (New Guinea)

producta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Gabon)

pruinosa (Emery, 1900) (Micronesia (Federated States of), New Guinea, Northern Mariana Islands, Philippines, Solomon Islands)

• Ponera mocsaryi Emery, 1900

pulchra Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Equatorial Guinea)

punctatissima (Roger, 1859) (Andorra, Angola, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Balearic Islands, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Canary Islands, Central African Republic, China, Comoros, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greater Antilles, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Morocco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Palau, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Zambia, Zimbabwe)

• Ponera androgyna Roger, 1859

• Ponera argonautorum Arnol'di, 1932

• Ponera breviceps Bernard, 1953

• Ponera brevis Santschi, 1921

• Ponera ergatandria Forel, 1893

• Ponera ergatandria bondroiti Forel, 1911

• Ponera ergatandria cognata Santschi, 1912

• Ponera ergatandria petri Forel, 1916

• Ponera dulcis aemula Santschi, 1911

• Ponera incisa Santschi, 1914

• Ponera kalakauae Forel, 1899

• Ponera mina Wheeler, W.M., 1927

• Ponera mesoepinotalis Weber, 1942

• Ponera mumfordi Wheeler, W.M., 1933

• Ponera punctatissima exacta Santschi, 1923

• Ponera punctatissima jugata Forel, 1892

• Ponera punctatissima schauinslandi Emery, 1899

• Ponera ragusai sordida Santschi, 1914

• Ponera sulcatinasis durbanensis Forel, 1914

• Ponera sulcitana Stefani, 1970

• Ponera tarda Charsley, 1877

• Ponera ursoidea Bernard, 1953

punctatissima indifferens (Forel, 1895) (Madagascar)

punctiventris (Emery, 1901) (New Guinea)

pygmaea (Forel, 1907) (Malaysia)

Q
quaestio Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Tanzania)

queenslandensis (Forel, 1900) (Australia)

R
ragusai (Emery, 1894) (Algeria, Bangladesh, Borneo, Canary Islands, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Iberian Peninsula, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malta, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States)

• Ponera gleadowi Forel, 1895

• Ponera gleadowi aethiopica Forel, 1907

• Ponera gleadowii decipiens Forel, 1899

• Ponera gyptis Santschi, 1921

• Ponera japonica formosae Forel, 1913

• Ponera lesnei Bondroit, 1916

• Ponera massiliensis Bondroit, 1920

• Ponera oblongiceps Smith, M.R., 1939

• Ponera parva Bondroit, 1918

• Ponera ragusai santschii Emery, 1909

rectidens (Clark, 1934) (Australia)

regis Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Tanzania)

reichenspergeri (Santschi, 1923) (Brazil, Paraguay)

rigida Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Uganda)

S
sabronae (Donisthorpe, 1941) (New Guinea, Philippines)

sakalava (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar)

sakalava excelsior (Forel, 1892) (Madagascar)

sauteri Onoyama, 1989 (China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan, Republic of Korea, Taiwan)

schmalzi (Emery, 1896) (Brazil, Paraguay)

schmalzi fugitans (Forel, 1912) (Brazil)

schmalzi paulina (Forel, 1913) (Brazil)

schwebeli (Forel, 1913) (Brazil)

scitula (Clark, 1934) (Australia)

segnis Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda)

silvestrii (Donisthorpe, 1947) (Vietnam)

sinuosa (Bernard, 1953) (Guinea, Ivory Coast)

siremps (Forel, 1901) (New Guinea)

sororcula (Wilson, 1958) (New Guinea, Solomon Islands)

spei (Forel, 1910) (Mozambique, South Africa)

• Ponera spei fidelis Santschi, 1926

stoica (Santschi, 1912) (Uruguay)

sulcatinasis (Santschi, 1914) (South Africa)

• Ponera spei devota Santschi, 1914

sulciceps (Clark, 1928) (Australia)

surda Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Kenya)

T
taprobanae (Forel, 1913) (Sri Lanka)

tecta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Kenya)

tenella (Emery, 1901) (New Guinea)

traegaordhi (Santschi, 1914) (South Africa)

transvaalensis (Arnold, 1947) (South Africa)

trigona (Mayr, 1887) (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Paraguay)

trigona cauta (Forel, 1912) (Brazil)

tristis Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Rwanda, Uganda)

truncata (Smith, F., 1860) (Borneo, China, Indonesia, Sulawesi)

turaga (Mann, 1921) (Fiji)

U
ursa (Santschi, 1924) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)

V
vanreesi (Forel, 1912) (Indonesia)

venusta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 (Rwanda)

vernacula (Kempf, 1962) (Brazil)

viri (Santschi, 1923) (Brazil)

vitiensis (Mann, 1921) (Fiji)

W
wilsoni (Santschi, 1925) (Brazil, Paraguay)

Z
zwaluwenburgi (Wheeler, W.M., 1933) (Hawaii, Japan)

=Fossil Species=

A
atavia (Mayr, 1868) (Baltic Amber (Eocene))