Heteroponera Mayr, 1887

Camacho, G P, Franco, W, Branstetter, M G, Pie, M R, Longino, J T, Schultz, T R & Feitosa, R M, 2022, UCE Phylogenomics Resolves Major Relationships Among Ectaheteromorph Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A New Classification For the Subfamilies and the Description of a New Genus, Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1), pp. 6-6 : 14-15

Heteroponera Mayr

= Anacanthoponera Wheeler

= Paranomopone Wheeler

Type Species: Heteroponera carinifrons Mayr

Diagnosis (Females): Ants of comparatively small to medium size (head width 0.63-1.37; head length 0.72-1.54). Mandible triangular. Palp formula 3,2 to 4,3. Frontal lobe expanded, completely covering antennal insertions. Antennal club with three antennomeres. Antennal scrobe shallowly to deeply impressed. Eye well-developed to reduced, with clear limits between ommatidia. Propodeal spine absent to well-developed. Tarsal claw simple, without conspicuous preapical teeth (except in H. dolo and H. robusta) nor a basal lobe. Petiole with or without posterodorsal projections. Anterior face of abdominal segment III with an arched carina above the helcium.

Species: angulata, brounii, carinifrons, crozieri, darlingtonorum, dentinodis, dolo, ecarinata, flava, georgesi, imbellis, inca, inermis, leae, lioprocta, majeri, mayri, monteithi, monticola, panamensis, pendergrasti, relicta, rhodopygea, robusta, trachypyx, viviennae, and wilsoni.

Distribution: Neotropical, from Nicaragua to southern Chile; and Australian, including New Zealand.

Notes: Identification tools for the species of Heteroponera include the works of Feitosa and Prada-Achiardi (2019) for the Colombian fauna and Taylor (2011; 2015) for Australian groups.