Mesoponera pulchella
(Donisthorpe, 1941)
junior synonym of current valid taxon Mesoponera papuana (Viehmeyer, 1914)
Euponera (Mesoponera) pulchella
Donisthorpe, 1941c:
133 (w.q.)
NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
Australasia.
Primary type information:
Type-material: 2 syntype workers, 2 syntype queens. Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Cyclops Mts, Mt Lina, 3500 ft, iii.1936, in rotten wood (L.E. Cheesman). Type-depository: BMNH.
- Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 64.
- Junior synonym of Mesoponera papuana: Wilson, 1958g: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 308.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
- Donisthorpe, H. 1941c. Descriptions of new species of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)7:129-144. PDF
- Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119:303-371. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
- Anochetus
- †Archiponera
- Asphinctopone
- Austroponera
- Belonopelta
- Boloponera
- Bothroponera
- Brachyponera
- Buniapone
- Centromyrmex
- †Cephalopone
- Corrieopone
- Cryptopone
- †Cyrtopone
- †Desyopone
- Diacamma
- Dinoponera
- Dolioponera
- Ectomomyrmex
- Emeryopone
- Euponera
- Feroponera
- Fisheropone
- Hagensia
- Harpegnathos
- Hypoponera
- Igaponera
- Iroponera
- Leptogenys
- Loboponera
- Mayaponera
- Megaponera
- Mesoponera
- †Messelepone
- Myopias
- Neoponera
- Odontomachus
- Odontoponera
- Ophthalmopone
- Pachycondyla
- Paltothyreus
- Parvaponera
- Phrynoponera
- Plectroctena
- Ponera
- †Ponerites
- Promyopias
- †Protopone
- Psalidomyrmex
- Pseudoneoponera
- Pseudoponera
- Rasopone
- †Siinikaponera
- Simopelta
- Streblognathus
- Thaumatomyrmex
- Wadeura