AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Tribe Ponerini Lepeletier, 1835
and region Polynesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
635
8967
31661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
631
8956
31644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8844
31420
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
391
7022
25972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hymenoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Ants, Bees, Sawflies, Wasps
61
964
2507
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Apocrita
Gerstaecker, 1867
Ants, Bees, Narrow-waisted hymenopterans, Parasitic wasps
56
935
2454
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Aculeata
Latreille, 1802
Stinging wasps
21
275
891
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Formicoidea
Latreille, 1802
Ants
1
93
311
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyFormicidae
Latreille, 1809
Ants
93
311
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPonerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
24
57
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribePonerini
Lepeletier, 1835
13
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Polynesia
13 Genera with 38 Species
Anochetus Mayr, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Austroponera Schmidt & Sh..., 20163SpeciesTaxom
Brachyponera Emery, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopone Emery, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Ectomomyrmex Mayr, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Hypoponera Santschi, 19338SpeciesTaxom
Leptogenys Roger, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Mesoponera Emery, 1900
0SpeciesTaxom
Odontomachus Latreille, 1858Trap-jaw ants1SpeciesTaxom
Pachycondyla Smith, 1953Panther Ants6SpeciesTaxom
Parvaponera Schmidt & Sh..., 18931SpeciesTaxom
Ponera Latreille, 19679SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoponera Emery, 18041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
38 Species
Anochetus graeffei Mayr, 1870
Anochetus pattersoni Fisher, 2008
Anochetus risii Forel, 1900Penitent mussel
Austroponera castanea Mayr, 1865
Austroponera castaneicolor Dalla Torre, 1893
Austroponera schneideri Kaulfuss & D..., 2016
Brachyponera chinensis Emery, 1895Chinese Needle Ant
Brachyponera luteipes Mayr, 1862
Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893Tapered pigtoe
Ectomomyrmex insulanus Mayr, 1876
Hypoponera confinis Roger, 1860Four-rib lucine
Hypoponera eduardi Forel, 1894Compact astarte
Hypoponera ergatandria Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Hypoponera opaciceps Mayr, 1887Carolina marshclam
Hypoponera opacior Forel, 1893Orbicular axinopsid
Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera ragusai Emery, 1894Ant
Hypoponera zwaluwenburgi Wheeler, W.M., 1933Ample roughmya
Leptogenys falcigera Roger, 1861Ant
Leptogenys maxillosa Smith, F., 1858Louisiana pearlshell
Odontomachus simillimus Smith, F., 1858
Pachycondyla castanea Mayr, 1865
Pachycondyla castaneicolor Dalla Torre, 1893Striate tellin
Pachycondyla insulana Mayr, 1876Rotund cleftclam
Pachycondyla pachycondyla Emery, 1901
Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius, 1804)⇒ Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804
Pachycondyla testacea Bernard, 1953
Parvaponera darwinii Forel, 1893
Ponera bableti Perrault, 1993Fragile piddock
Ponera incerta Wheeler, W.M., 1933Ample roughmya
Ponera leae Forel, 1913Blind crypt ants
Ponera loi Taylor, 1967Wedge piddock
Ponera petila Wilson, 1957Lenticular axinopsid
Ponera swezeyi Wheeler, W.M., 1933Ample roughmya
Ponera szaboi Wilson, 1957Lenticular axinopsid
Ponera tenuis Emery, 1900
Ponera woodwardi Taylor, 1967Wedge piddock
Pseudoponera stigma Fabricius, 1804Pan-tropical Panther Ant


Links, sources and further information
Ponerini at antwiki.org
Ponerini at itis.gov