Species of Ponera

Taylor (1967) revised the species level taxonomy of Ponera and provided a key to species. Since his revision, numerous additional species have been described, especially from China (Xu, 2001a, 2001b; Zhou, 2001) and Japan (e.g., Terayama, 1996). Xu (2001a) provided a key to the Chinese Ponera fauna.

P. affinis Jerdon, 1851: India

P. alisana Terayama, 1986: Taiwan

P. alpha Taylor, 1967: New Guinea

P. augusta Taylor, 1967: New Guinea

P. bableti Perrault, 1993: Mururoa (Fangataufa Atoll)

P. baka Xu, 2001: China

P. bawana Xu, 2001: China

P. bishamon Terayama, 1996: Japan

P. borneensis Taylor, 1967: Borneo

P. chapmani Taylor, 1967: Philippines

P. chiponensis Terayama, 1986: Taiwan

P. clavicornis Emery, 1900: New Guinea

P. coarctata (Latreille, 1802): Luxembourg

P. colaensis Mann, 1921: Fiji Islands

P. diodonta Xu, 2001: China

P. elegantula Wilson, 1957: New Guinea

P. exotica Smith, M.R., 1962: United States

P. guangxiensis Zhou, 2001: China

P. incerta (Wheeler, W.M., 1933): Java

P. japonica Wheeler, W.M., 1906: Japan

P. kohmoku Terayama, 1996: Japan

P. leae Forel, 1913: Tasmania

P. loi Taylor, 1967: Samoa

P. longlina Xu, 2001: China

P. manni Taylor, 1967: Fiji Islands

P. menglana Xu, 2001: China

P. nangongshana Xu, 2001: China

P. oreas (Wheeler, W.M., 1933): Philippines

P. paedericera Zhou, 2001: China

P. pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866: United States

P. pentodontos Xu, 2001: China

P. petila Wilson, 1957: New Guinea

P. pianmana Xu, 2001: China

P. pumila Jerdon, 1851: India

P. rishen Terayama, 2009: Taiwan

P. ruficornis Spinola, 1851: Brazil

P. scabra Wheeler, W.M., 1928: Japan

P. selenophora Emery, 1900: New Guinea

P. shennong Terayama, 2009: Taiwan

P. sinensis Wheeler, W.M., 1928: Hong Kong

P. swezeyi (Wheeler, W.M., 1933): Hawaii

P. syscena Wilson, 1957: New Guinea

P. sysphinctoides Bernard, 1950: France

P. szaboi Wilson, 1957: New Guinea

P. szentivanyi Wilson, 1957: New Guinea

P. taipingensis Forel, 1913: West Malaysia

P. takaminei Terayama, 1996: Japan

P. tamon Terayama, 1996: Japan

P. taiyangshen Terayama, 2009: Taiwan

P. tenuis (Emery, 1900): New Guinea

P. testacea Emery, 1895: France

P. woodwardi Taylor, 1967: Samoa

P. xantha Xu, 2001: China

P. xenagos Wilson, 1957: New Guinea

P. yuhuang Terayama, 2009: Taiwan

Fossil species (incertae sedis)

† P. elegantissima Meunier, 1923: Germany (Oligocene)

† P. lobulifera Dlussky, 2009: Baltic Amber

† P. mayri Dlussky, 2009: Baltic Amber

† P. leptocephala Emery, 1891: Sicilian Amber

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

† P. wheeleri Dlussky, 2009: Bitterfeld Amber