Heteroponera

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Nomenclature

 *  HETEROPONERA [Heteroponerinae]
 * Heteroponera Mayr, 1887: 532. Type-species: Heteroponera carinifrons, by monotypy.
 * Heteroponera junior synonym of Acanthoponera: Emery, 1911d: 35; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 643; Wheeler, 1923e: 179.
 * Heteroponera subgenus of Acanthoponera: Forel, 1917: 236.
 * Heteroponera revived status as genus: Brown, 1952h: 70.
 * Heteroponera senior synonym of Anacanthoponera: Brown, 1952h: 70; Brown, 1958g: 194.
 * Heteroponera senior synonym of Paranomopone: Brown, in Borgmeier, 1957: 112; Brown, 1958g: 194.
 * ANACANTHOPONERA [junior synonym of Heteroponera]
 * Anacanthoponera Wheeler, W.M. 1923e: 176 [as subgenus of Acanthoponera]. Type-species: Ponera dolo, by original designation.
 * Anacanthoponera junior synonym of Heteroponera: Brown, 1952h: 70.
 * PARANOMOPONE [junior synonym of Heteroponera]
 * Paranomopone Wheeler, W.M. 1915c: 117. Type-species: Paranomopone relicta, by monotypy.
 * Paranomopone junior synonym of Heteroponera: Brown, in Borgmeier, 1957: 112; Brown, 1958g: 194.

Additional References

 * Taylor,R.W. 2011. Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteroponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (1) General introduction and review of the Heteroponera leae (WHEELER, 1923) species group, with descriptions of two new species. Myrmecological News 15, 117-123.