Species of Hypoponera

Hypoponera is in desperate need of a thorough species level revision, as the genus has never received any comprehensive revisionary work, many synonyms exist, and a great many species await description (Taylor, 1967). The only exception to this is the Afrotropical and western Palaearctic faunas, which were recently revised by Bolton & Fisher (2011). Examining the remaining fauna will be a monumental task, as the true diversity of the genus is probably dramatically higher than presently known.

H. abeillei (André, 1881): France (Corsica)

H. agilis (Borgmeier, 1934): Surinam

H. albopubescens (Menozzi, 1939): Indonesia (Sumatra)

H. aliena (Smith, F., 1858): Brazil

H. angustata (Santschi, 1914): Guinea

H. aprora Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Tanzania

H. argentina (Santschi, 1922): Argentina

H. assmuthi (Forel, 1905): India

H. austra Bolton & Fisher, 2011: South Africa

H. beebei (Wheeler, W.M., 1924): Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

H. beppin Terayama, 1999: Japan

H. biroi (Emery, 1900): New Guinea

H. blanda Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Central African Republic

H. boerorum (Forel, 1901): South Africa

H. bugnioni (Forel, 1912): Indonesia (Sumatra)

H. bulawayensis (Forel, 1913): Zimbabwe

H. butteli (Forel, 1913): Indonesia (Sumatra)

H. camerunensis (Santschi, 1914): Cameroon

H. ceylonensis (Mayr, 1897): Sri Lanka

H. clavatula (Emery, 1906): Argentina

H. coeca (Santschi, 1914): Cameroon

H. collegiana (Santschi, 1925): Brazil

H. collegiana paranensis (Santschi, 1925): Brazil

H. comis Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Tanzania

H. confinis (Roger, 1860): Sri Lanka

H. confinis aitkenii (Forel, 1900): India

H. confinis epinotalis (Viehmeyer, 1916): Singapore

H. confinis javana (Forel, 1905): Indonesia (Java)

H. confinis singaporensis (Viehmeyer, 1916): Singapore

H. confinis wroughtonii (Forel, 1900): India

H. congrua (Wheeler, W.M., 1934): Australia

H. convexiuscula (Forel, 1900): Australia

H. creola (Menozzi, 1931): Costa Rica

H. decora (Clark, 1934): Australia

H. defessa Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Ghana

H. dema Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Rwanda

H. dis Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Tanzania

H. distinguenda (Emery, 1890): Venezuela

H. distinguenda dispar (Santschi, 1925): Brazil

H. distinguenda histrio (Forel, 1912): Brazil

H. distinguenda inexpedita (Forel, 1911): Brazil

H. distinguenda vana (Forel, 1909): Guatemala

H. dulcis (Forel, 1907): Tanzania

H. eduardi (Forel, 1894): Algeria

H. elliptica (Forel, 1900): Australia

H. emeryi (Donisthorpe, 1943): New Guinea

H. ergatandria (Forel, 1893): West Indies

H. eutrepta (Wilson, 1958): Fiji Islands

H. exigua Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Ethiopia

H. exoecata (Wheeler, W.M., 1928): China

H. faceta (Menozzi, 1931): Costa Rica

H. faex Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Ethiopia

H. fatiga Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Ghana

H. fenestralis (Gallardo, 1918): Argentina

H. fiebrigi (Forel, 1908): Paraguay

H. fiebrigi antoniensis (Forel, 1912): Colombia

H. fiebrigi famini (Forel, 1912): Colombia

H. fiebrigi transiens (Santschi, 1925): Argentina

H. foeda (Forel, 1893): West Indies

H. foeda saroltae (Forel, 1912): Brazil

H. foreli (Mayr, 1887): Brazil

H. gibbinota (Forel, 1912): Great Britain

H. gleadowi (Forel, 1895): India

H. gracilicornis (Menozzi, 1931): Costa Rica

H. grandidieri (Santschi, 1921): Madagascar

H. hawkesi Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Tanzania

H. hebes Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Rwanda

H. herbertonensis (Forel, 1915): Australia

H. idelettae (Santschi, 1923): Brazil

H. ignavia Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Zimbabwe

H. ignigera (Menozzi, 1927): Costa Rica

H. iheringi (Forel, 1908): Brazil

H. importuna Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Gabon

H. inaudax (Santschi, 1919): DRC

H. indigens (Forel, 1895): Madagascar

H. indigens bellicosa (Forel, 1895): Madagascar

H. inexorata (Wheeler, W.M., 1903): United States

H. inexorata fallax (Forel, 1909): Guatemala

H. jeanneli (Santschi, 1935): Kenya

H. jocosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Ethiopia

H. johannae (Forel, 1891): Madagascar

H. juxta Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Ethiopia

H. lamellosa (Forel, 1907): West Malaysia

H. lassa Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Ghana

H. lea (Santschi, 1937): Sierra Leone

H. leninei (Santschi, 1925): Brazil

H. lepida Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Ghana

H. longiceps (Forel, 1913): Java

H. ludovicae (Forel, 1892): Madagascar

H. lumpurensis (Forel, 1907): West Malaysia

H. lumpurensis slamatana (Forel, 1913): Indonesia (Sumatra)

H. mackayensis (Forel, 1900): Australia

H. macradelphe (Wilson, 1958): New Guinea

H. madeccasa (Santschi, 1938): Madagascar

H. malayana (Wheeler, W.M., 1929): West Malaysia

H. menozzii (Santschi, 1932): Costa Rica

H. meridia Bolton & Fisher, 2011: South Africa

H. mixta Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Kenya

H. molesta Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Gabon

H. monticola (Mann, 1921): Fiji Islands

H. natalensis (Santschi, 1914): South Africa

H. neglecta (Santschi, 1923): Brazil

H. nippona (Santschi, 1937): Japan

H. nitidula (Emery, 1890): Costa Rica

H. nivariana (Santschi, 1908): Spain (Canary Islands)

H. nubatama Terayama & Hashimoto, 1996: Japan

H. obtunsa Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Zimbabwe

H. occidentalis (Bernard, 1953): Guinea

H. odiosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Cameroon

H. opaciceps (Mayr, 1887): Brazil

H. opaciceps cubana (Santschi, 1930): Cuba

H. opaciceps gaigei (Forel, 1914): Colombia

H. opaciceps jamaicensis (Aguayo, 1932): Jamaica

H. opaciceps pampana (Santschi, 1925): Argentina

H. opacior (Forel, 1893): West Indies

H. orba (Emery, 1915): Ethiopia

H. pallidula (Emery, 1900): New Guinea

H. papuana (Emery, 1900): New Guinea

H. parva (Forel, 1909): Guatemala

H. perparva Bolton & Fisher, 2011: South Africa

H. perplexa (Mann, 1922): Honduras

H. petiolata (Bernard, 1953): Guinea

H. pia (Forel, 1901): New Guinea

H. producta Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Gabon

H. pruinosa (Emery, 1900): New Guinea

H. pulchra Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Equatorial Guinea

H. punctatissima (Roger, 1859): Poland and Germany

H. punctatissima indifferens (Forel, 1895): Madagascar

H. punctiventris (Emery, 1901): New Guinea

H. pygmaea (Forel, 1907): West Malaysia

H. quaestio Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Tanzania

H. queenslandensis (Forel, 1900): Australia

H. ragusai (Emery, 1894): Italy (Sicily)

H. rectidens (Clark, 1934): Australia

H. regis Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Tanzania

H. reichenspergeri (Santschi, 1923): Brazil

H. rigida Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Uganda

H. sabronae (Donisthorpe, 1941): New Guinea

H. sakalava (Forel, 1891): Madagascar

H. sakalava excelsior (Forel, 1892): Madagascar

H. sauteri Onoyama, 1989: Taiwan

H. schmalzi (Emery, 1896): Brazil

H. schmalzi fugitans (Forel, 1912): Brazil

H. schmalzi paulina (Forel, 1913): Brazil

H. schwebeli (Forel, 1913): Brazil

H. scitula (Clark, 1934): Australia

H. segnis Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Rwanda

H. silvestrii (Donisthorpe, 1947): China

H. sinuosa (Bernard, 1953): Guinea

H. siremps (Forel, 1901): Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago)

H. sororcula (Wilson, 1958): New Guinea

H. spei (Forel, 1910): South Africa

H. stoica (Santschi, 1912): Uruguay

H. sulcatinasis (Santschi, 1914): South Africa

H. sulciceps (Clark, 1928): Australia

H. surda Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Kenya

H. taprobanae (Forel, 1913): Sri Lanka

H. tecta Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Kenya

H. tenella (Emery, 1901): New Guinea

H. traegaordhi (Santschi, 1914): South Africa

H. transvaalensis (Arnold, 1947): South Africa

H. trigona (Mayr, 1887): Brazil

H. trigona cauta (Forel, 1912): Brazil

H. tristis Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Rwanda

H. truncata (Smith, F., 1860): Indonesia (Sulawesi)

H. turaga (Mann, 1921): Fiji Islands

H. ursa (Santschi, 1924): DRC

H. vanreesi (Forel, 1912): Java

H. venusta Bolton & Fisher, 2011: Rwanda

H. vernacula (Kempf, 1962): Brazil

H. viri (Santschi, 1923): Brazil

H. vitiensis (Mann, 1921): Fiji Islands

H. wilsoni (Santschi, 1925): Brazil

H. zwaluwenburgi (Wheeler, W.M., 1933): Hawaii

Incertae sedis

H. leveillei (Emery, 1890): Venezuela (comb. nov.)

Fossil species

† H. atavia (Mayr, 1868): Baltic Amber