Taxonavigation

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Ponerinae
Tribus: Ponerini
Genus: Ponera
Species: P. indica – P. leae – P. nangongshana – P. pennsylvanica – P. rishen – P. shennong – P. sikkimensis – P. taiyangshen – P. taylori – P. testacea – P. yuhuang

Name

Ponera Latreille, 1804

References

• Latreille, P.A. 1804. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des crustacés et des insectes. 12: 1–424. F. Dufart (Paris). BHL Reference page. 

• Bharti, H. & Rita, J.S. 2015. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with the description of a new species from India. Zookeys, 526: 9–18. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.526.5971 XMLPDF Full article Reference page. 
• Bharti, H.; Wachkoo, A.A. 2012: First verified record of genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India, with description of two new species. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae [n.s.], 58(3): 217–224. PDF

• Csősz, S., Kiran, K., Karaman, C. & Lapeva-Gjonova, A. 2022. A striking color variation is detected in Ponera testacea Emery, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) across its Western Palaearctic geographic range. ZooKeys 1084ː 161–184. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1084.79415 Reference page. 

• Pierce, M.P., Leong, C-M. & Guénard, B. A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong. Zookeys 867: 9–21. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.867.36139 Reference page. 

Vernacular names