• [Also described as new by Spinola, 1853: 69.]
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 99; Roger, 1860: 291; Mayr, 1863a: 450; Dalla Torre, 1893: 42.
• [Note: Emery, 1893j: 2, comments that the specimen consists of the head and prothorax of Dolichoderus sp., the rest of the body is Platythyrea sp. Emery, 1911e: 30 (footnote) repeats this information. Brown, 1975: 9, refers Ponera ruficornis to Platythyrea as “nomen dubum et oblitum Emery, 1911e: 28.” This compound specimen is probably best regarded as an unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Ponera.]

Citations

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• Spinola, M. 1853. Compte rendu des Hyménoptères inédits provenants du voyage entomologique de M. Ghiliani dans le Para en 1846. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino (2)13:19-94.