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Genus: Paraponera   Smith, 1858 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Extant: 1 species

Fossil: 1 species

Paraponera Smith, 1858a PDF: 100. Type-species: Formica clavata, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Paraponera in Poneridae: Smith, 1858a PDF: 100.
Paraponera in Ponerinae: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 714 [Poneridae]; Mayr, 1865 PDF: 14 [Poneridae]; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 18.
Paraponera in Ponerinae, Ponerini: Forel, 1895b PDF: 111; Forel, 1899B: 10.
Paraponera in Pachycondylinae, Ectatommini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 382.
Paraponera in Ponerinae, Ectatommini: Emery, 1895l PDF: 767; Wheeler, 1910a: 135; Brown, 1954e PDF: 25 (in text); Brown, 1958g PDF: 205; Kusnezov, 1964 PDF: 50; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 181; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b PDF: 256; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1994: 164.
Paraponera in Ponerinae, Paraponerini: Emery, 1911e PDF: 27; Forel, 1917 PDF: 236; Wheeler, 1922: 641; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 681; Jaffe, 1993: 7; Lattke, 1994 PDF: 111.
Paraponera in Paraponerinae, Paraponerini: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 48.
Genus Paraponera references: see above

Taxon Page Images:



Paraponera clavata Misahaullí, Napo, Ecuador. These are some of the largest ants in the world and are reputed for having the most painful sting among insects.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Neotropical bioregion.

Neotropical Region: Amazonas, Americas, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Cauca, Central America, Cibao Norte, Colombia, Costa Caribe Norte, Costa Caribe Sur, Costa Rica, Cusco, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Beni, French Guiana, Goiás, Gracias a Dios, Guanacaste, Guyana, Heredia, Honduras, Limón, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Napo, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Pará, Pastaza, Peru, Pichincha, Putumayo, South America, Suriname, Venezuela

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Paraponera   Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, pp. 649-776: 730-731, (download) 730-731 4445
Paraponera   Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum, pp. -1--1: 100, (download) 100 8127


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