Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Extant: 20 valid species, 6 valid subspecies
Taxonomic history
[
Mesoponera also described as new by
Emery, 1901b PDF: 43. Type-species not
Ponera caffraria: unjustified subsequent designation by
Emery, 1901b PDF: 43, repeated by
Emery, 1911e PDF: 81;
Wheeler, 1911g PDF: 167;
Wheeler, 1922: 775;
Donisthorpe, 1943g: 661;
Wilson, 1958g PDF: 349;
Kempf, 1972b PDF: 141;
Bolton, 1973a PDF: 338;
Taylor & Brown, 1985: 35.]
Mesoponera as subgenus of
Euponera:
Emery, 1900: 668;
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 135;
Emery, 1911e PDF: 80;
Arnold, 1915: 64;
Forel, 1917 PDF: 237;
Gallardo, 1918c PDF: 65;
Wheeler, 1922: 649;
Borgmeier, 1923: 71;
Donisthorpe, 1943g: 661;
Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 64;
Bernard, 1953b PDF: 190.
Taxon Page Images:
Overview:
M. melanaria's nest kerala india
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Africa: Angola,
Botswana,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Comoros,
Congo,
Democratic Republic of Congo,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
Madagascar,
Mali,
Mauritius,
Mayotte,
Mozambique,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
South Africa,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe Asia: Borneo,
China,
India,
Indonesia,
Israel,
Malaysia,
Saudi Arabia,
Singapore,
Sri Lanka,
Thailand,
Vietnam,
Yemen Oceania: Australia,
Papua New Guinea,
Solomon Islands Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Afrotropical,
Australasia,
Indomalaya,
Malagasy,
Palearctic Native biogeographic regions (according to species list records)
: Afrotropical,
Australasia,
Indomalaya,
Malagasy,
Palearctic
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia