Mesoponera elisae rotundata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera elisae var. rotundata Emery, 1895h: 20 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: holotype(?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Bloemfontein, i.-iv.1893 (E. Simon).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Arnold, 1915: 71 (q.).
 * Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901a: 46;
 * combination in E. (Xiphopelta): Forel, 1913j: 206;
 * combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 309;
 * combination in Mesoponera: Schmidt, C.A. & Shattuck, 2014: 110.
 * Subspecies of elisae: Emery, 1911d: 81; Forel, 1913j: 206; Arnold, 1915: 70; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 775; Santschi, 1935b: 260 (in key); Santschi, 1937d: 215; Bolton, 1995b: 309.
 * Senior synonym of arnoldi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 776; Bolton, 1995b: 309.
 * Distribution: Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe.
 * arnoldi. Ponera (Xiphopelta) arnoldi Forel, 1913a: 108 (w.) ZIMBABWE.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo (G. Arnold).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Junior synonym of rotundata: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 776; Bolton, 1995b: 303.