Pachycondyla (sensu Brown, 1973)

Schmidt, C. A. & Shattuck, S. O., 2014, The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior, Zootaxa 3817 (1), pp. 1-242 : 155-156

Species of Pachycondyla

Kempf (1961) came closest to providing a revision for true Pachycondyla . His revision and keys deal ostensibly with the Brazilian Pachycondyla fauna, but this includes all species we associate with the genus except P. lenkoi , which he described soon afterward, and also includes Neoponera magnifica and N. metanotalis , which Kempf included in Pachycondyla but which we have transferred to Neoponera .

P. constricticeps Mackay & Mackay, 2010 : Argentina

P. crassinoda (Latreille, 1802) : Suriname

P. fuscoatra ( Roger, 1861) : Colombia

P. harpax ( Fabricius, 1804) : “South America”

P. impressa ( Roger, 1861) : Colombia

P. inca Emery, 1901 : Peru

P. lattkei Mackay & Mackay, 2010 : Venezuela

P. lenis Kempf, 1961 : Brazil

P. lenkoi Kempf, 1962 : Brazil

P. purpurascens Forel, 1899 : Costa Rica

P. striata Smith, F., 1858 : Brazil

We have not managed to discern the proper taxonomic placement for a handful of ponerine species previously associated with Pachycondyla . In some cases this uncertainty stems from our failure to examine specimens of the species in question (especially when the original descriptions are ambiguous), while in other cases the morphological traits of the species leave doubts about its affinities. We leave these species as incertae sedis within Pachycondyla while acknowledging this placement is undoubtedly incorrect. Exact placement will require detailed examination of relevant material of these taxa.

Incertae sedis

P. curiosa Mackay & Mackay, 2010 : Brazil

P. jonesii Forel, 1891 : Madagascar

P. solitaria Smith, F., 1860 : Indonesia

P. unicolor Smith, F., 1860 : Indonesia

P. vidua Smith, F., 1857 : Borneo

P. vieirai Mackay & Mackay, 2010 : Ecuador

Fossil species (incertae sedis)

† P. baltica Dlussky, 2002 : Baltic Amber

† P. calcarea (Théobald, 1937) : France (Oligocene)

† P. conservata Dlussky, 2009 : Rovno Amber

† P. crawleyi (Donisthorpe, 1920) : Great Britain (Oligocene)

† P. dubia (Théobald, 1937) : France (Oligocene)

† P. eocenica Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 : Germany (Eocene)

† P. globiventris (Théobald, 1937) : France (Oligocene)

† P. gracilicornis (Mayr, 1868) : Baltic Amber

† P. labandeirai (Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002) : U.S.A. (Eocene)

† P. lutzi Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 : Germany (Eocene)

† P. messeliana Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 : Germany (Eocene)

† P. minuta Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 : Germany (Eocene)

† P. minutansata (Zhang, 1989) : China (Miocene)

† P. nubeculata (Zhang, 1989) : China (Miocene)

† P. petiolosa Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 : Germany (Eocene)

† P. petrosa Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 : Germany (Eocene)

† P. succinea (Mayr, 1868) : Baltic Amber

† P. tristis (Dlussky, 2009) : Bitterfeld Amber