Ponerites

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 76

Family II. PONERIDAE.

Ponerites , St. Farg. Hym. i. 185 (1836).

Poneridae, Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym. p. 6 (1851).

The peduncle of the abdomen with a single node, the first segment more or less constricted. The females and workers armed with a sting. The pupa enclosed in cocoons.