Poneracantha lucaris

Luederwalt (1926) reports a specimen on a shrub devouring the remains of a beetle.

Identification
A member of the lucaris complex (in the ericae subgroup of the sulcata species group). Close to Gnamptogenys siapensis. Head in frontal view subquadrate, scapes smooth and shining; mandibles denticulate; sculpturing of body striate, lacking propodeal denticle. (Lattke 1995)

Key to New World Gnamptogenys Species

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil.

Nomenclature

 *  lucaris. Gnamptogenys lucaris Kempf, 1968b: 379, fig. 5 (w.) BRAZIL.