Pseudoponera
{{Short description|Genus of ants}}
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|authority = Emery, 1900
|type_species =Ponera quadridentata (junior synonym of Pseudoponera stigma)
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Trachymesopus Emery, 1911
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Pseudoponera is a small genus of ponerine ants. The genus was described by Emery in 1900.
Description
The genus contains a small number of species, preferring Neotropical climates.Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 184, Pseudoponera as junior synonym of Pachycondyla (provisional)) Despite being a small genus, the species have a worldwide distribution, where they are found in multiple continents.Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327 (page 74, Pseudoponera as genus)Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 91, Pseudoponera as genus)Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 649, Pseudoponera as genus)
List of species
There are 6 species belonging to Pseudoponera:
- Pseudoponera cognata (Emery, 1896)
- Pseudoponera gilberti (Kempf, 1960)
- Pseudoponera gilloglyi (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
- Pseudoponera pachynoda (Clark, 1930)
- Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804)
- Pseudoponera succedanea (Roger, 1863)