Ponerini

{{short description|Tribe of ants}} {{Automatic Taxobox | image = Harpegnathos saltator fight.jpg | image_caption = Fighting ''Harpegnathos saltator'' | taxon = Ponerini | authority = Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 | diversity_link = #Genera | diversity = 61 genera | range_map = | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''See text'' }}

'''Ponerini''' is a tribe of ponerine ants with 46 genera and 6 extinct genera.<ref name=Bolton2013>{{cite web|last1=Bolton|first1=Barry|title=An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton|url=http://www.antcat.org/catalog/430053|website=antcat.org|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> It contains every ponerine genus except ''Platythyrea'', which is placed in its own tribe Platythyreini.<ref name="schmidt&shattuck2014">{{cite journal |last1=Schmidt |first1=Chris A. |last2=Shattuck |first2=Steven O. |title=The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior |journal=Zootaxa |date=18 June 2014 |volume=3817 |issue=1 |pages=1–242 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 |pmid=24943802 |ref=schmidt&shattuck2014}}</ref>

==Genera== ===Extant=== ====''Pachycondyla'' genus group==== *''Belonopelta'' Mayr, 1870 *''Dinoponera'' Roger, 186 *''Mayaponera'' Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 *''Neoponera'' Emery, 1901 *''Pachycondyla'' Smith, 1858 *''Rasopone'' Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 *''Simopelta'' Mann, 1922 *''Thaumatomyrmex'' Mayr, 1887

====''Ponera'' genus group==== *''Austroponera'' Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 *''Corrieopone'' Esteves & Fisher, 2021 *''Diacamma'' Mayr, 1862 *''Ectomomyrmex'' Mayr, 1867 *''Emeryopone'' Forel, 1912 *''Parvaponera'' Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 *''Ponera'' Latreille, 1804 *''Pseudoponera'' Emery, 1900 *''Sritoponera'' Fisher et al. 2025 *''Wadeura'' Weber, 1939

====''Odontomachus'' genus group==== *''Anochetus'' Mayr, 1861 *''Asphinctopone'' Santschi, 1914 *''Boltonopone'' Fisher et al. 2025 *''Bothroponera'' Mayr, 1862 *''Brachyponera'' Emery, 1900 *''Buniapone'' Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 *''Cryptopone'' Emery, 1893 *''Dolioponera'' Brown, 1974 *''Euponera'' Forel, 1891 *''Feroponera'' Bolton & Fisher, 2008 *''Fisheropone'' Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 *''Hagensia'' Forel, 1901 *''Leptogenys'' Roger, 1861 *''Makebapone'' Fisher et al. 2025 *''Megaponera'' Mayr, 1862 *''Mesoponera'' Emery, 1900 *''Myopias'' Roger, 1861 *''Odontomachus'' Latreille, 1804 *''Odontoponera'' Mayr, 1862 *''Ophthalmopone'' Forel, 1890 *''Paltothyreus'' Mayr, 1862 *''Phrynoponera'' Wheeler, 1920 *''Promyopias'' Santschi, 1914 *''Pseudoneoponera'' Donisthorpe, 1943 *''Streblognathus'' Mayr, 1862 *''Subiridopone'' Fisher et al. 2025 *''Xiphopelta'' Forel, 1913

====''Harpegnathos'' genus group==== *''Harpegnathos'' Jerdon, 1851

====''Hypoponera'' genus group==== *''Hypoponera'' Santschi, 1938

====''Plectroctena'' genus group==== *''Boloponera'' Fisher, 2006 *''Centromyrmex'' Mayr, 1866 *''Loboponera'' Bolton & Brown, 2002 *''Plectroctena'' Smith, 1858 *''Psalidomyrmex'' André, 1890

====Unknown genus group==== *''Igaponera'' Troya et al., 2022

===Extinct=== *†''Archiponera'' Carpenter, 1930 *†''Cephalopone'' Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012<ref name=Dlussky2012>{{Cite journal |last1= Dlussky |first1= G.M. |last2= Wedmann |first2= S. | title = The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: High biodiversity in the Eocene |journal= Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume= 10 |issue= 4 |pages= 725–753 |year= 2012 | doi = 10.1080/14772019.2011.628341|bibcode= 2012JSPal..10..725D |s2cid= 83928415 }}{{subscription required|via=Taylor & Francis}}</ref> *†''Cyrtopone'' Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012<ref name=Dlussky2012/> *†''Desyopone'' Boudinot & Perrichot, 2022 *†''Messelepone'' Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012<ref name=Dlussky2012/> *†''Ponerites'' Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003 *†''Protopone'' Dlussky, 1988<ref name=Dlussky2012/> *†''Siinikaponera'' Varela-Hernández et al., 2024

==Phylogeny== The maximum-probability molecular cladogram of the tribe constructed by Fisher et al. in 2025 is shown here. All genera are represented except for ''Igaponera'', which is only known from a single queen specimen. Six unofficial genus groups are recognized by the authors, namely the ''Pachycondyla'', ''Ponera'', ''Harpegnathos'', ''Plectroctena'', ''Hypoponera'', and ''Odontomachus'' groups. <ref name="fisher-et-al-2025">{{cite journal |last1=Fisher |first1=Brian L. |last2=Branstetter |first2=Michael G. |last3=Blaimer |first3=Bonnie B. |last4=Borowiec |first4=Marek L. |last5=Camacho |first5=Gabriela P. |last6=Doré |first6=Maël |last7=Ward |first7=Philip S. |last8=Longino |first8=John T. |title=A genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) |journal=ZooKeys |date=19 December 2025 |issue=1264 |pages=281–349 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399 |doi-access=free |pmid=41458144 |pmc=12743250 |bibcode=2025ZooK.1264..281F |ref=fisher-et-al-2025}}</ref> These genus groups are also referred to as alliances.<ref name="antwiki1">{{cite web |last1=Shattuck |first1=Steven O. |title=''Hypoponera'' |url=https://antwiki.org/wiki/Hypoponera |website=AntWiki |publisher=antwiki.org |access-date=27 February 2026 |ref=antwiki1}}</ref> {{clade |style = font-size:100%; line-height:100% |label1='''Ponerini''' |1={{clade |1={{clade |label1=''Pachycondyla'' genus group |1={{clade |1=''Simopelta'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Belonopelta'' |2=''Thaumatomyrmex'' 200 px }} |2={{clade |1=''Mayaponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Rasopone'' |2={{clade |1=''Neoponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Dinoponera'' |2=''Pachycondyla'' 200 px }} }} }} }} }} }} |label2=''Ponera'' genus group |2={{clade |1=''Diacamma'' |2={{clade |1=''Ponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Emeryopone'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Cryptopone'' |2=''Ectomomyrmex'' 200 px }} |2={{clade |1=''Austroponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Pseudoponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Sritoponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Parvaponera'' |2=''Wadeura'' 200 px }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} |2={{clade |label1=''Odontomachus'' genus group |1={{clade |1=Unnamed genus{{efn|name=fn1|This monotypic genus currently contains the species currently known as ''Neoponera bucki'', which is not a true ''Neoponera'' species, however it has not yet been formally described as of 2025.}} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Odontomachus'' 200 px |2=''Anochetus'' }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Odontoponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Brachyponera'' |2=''Xiphopelta'' 200 px }} }} |2={{clade |1=''Hagensia'' |2={{clade |1=''Makebapone'' |2={{clade |1=''Fisheropone'' |2={{clade |1=''Feroponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Boltonopone'' 200 px |2={{clade |1=''Dolioponera'' |2=''Euponera'' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Bothroponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Pseudoneoponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Streblognathus'' |2=''Phrynoponera'' 200 px }} }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Megaponera'' |2=''Ophthalmopone'' }} |2={{clade |1=''Mesoponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Myopias'' |2=''Leptogenys'' 200 px }} }} }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''Subiridopone'' |2={{clade |1=''Asphinctopone'' |2=''Corrieopone'' }} }} |2={{clade |1=''Paltothyreus'' |2={{clade |1=''Buniapone'' |2=''Promyopias'' 200 px }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} |2={{clade |label1=''Harpegnathos'' genus group |1=''Harpegnathos'' 200 px |2={{clade |label1=''Hypoponera'' genus group |1=''Hypoponera'' 200 px |label2=''Plectroctena'' genus group |2={{clade |1=''Centromyrmex'' |2={{clade |1=''Psalidomyrmex'' |2={{clade |1=''Loboponera'' |2={{clade |1=''Boloponera'' |2=''Plectroctena'' 200 px }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}

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