# Ponerini

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{{short description|Tribe of ants}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Harpegnathos saltator fight.jpg
| image_caption = Fighting ''[Harpegnathos saltator](/source/Harpegnathos_saltator)''
| taxon = Ponerini
| authority = [Lepeletier](/source/Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e_Louis_Michel_le_Peletier%2C_comte_de_Saint-Fargeau) de Saint-Fargeau, 1835
| diversity_link = #Genera
| diversity = 61 genera
| range_map = 
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = ''See text''
}}

'''Ponerini''' is a tribe of [ponerine](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Belonopelta)'' <small>Mayr, 1870</small>
*''[Dinoponera](/source/Dinoponera)'' <small>Roger, 186</small>
*''[Mayaponera](/source/Mayaponera)'' <small>Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014</small>
*''[Neoponera](/source/Neoponera)'' <small>Emery, 1901</small>
*''[Pachycondyla](/source/Pachycondyla)'' <small>Smith, 1858</small>
*''[Rasopone](/source/Rasopone)'' <small>Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014</small>
*''[Simopelta](/source/Simopelta)'' <small>Mann, 1922</small>
*''[Thaumatomyrmex](/source/Thaumatomyrmex)'' <small>Mayr, 1887</small>

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

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

====''Harpegnathos'' genus group====
*''[Harpegnathos](/source/Harpegnathos)'' <small>Jerdon, 1851</small>

====''Hypoponera'' genus group====
*''[Hypoponera](/source/Hypoponera)'' <small>Santschi, 1938</small>

====''Plectroctena'' genus group====
*''[Boloponera](/source/Boloponera)'' <small>Fisher, 2006</small>
*''[Centromyrmex](/source/Centromyrmex)'' <small>Mayr, 1866</small>
*''[Loboponera](/source/Loboponera)'' <small>Bolton & Brown, 2002</small>
*''[Plectroctena](/source/Plectroctena)'' <small>Smith, 1858</small>
*''[Psalidomyrmex](/source/Psalidomyrmex)'' <small>André, 1890</small>

====Unknown genus group====
*''[Igaponera](/source/Igaponera)'' <small>Troya et al., 2022</small>

===Extinct===
*†''[Archiponera](/source/Archiponera)'' <small>Carpenter, 1930</small>
*†''[Cephalopone](/source/Cephalopone)'' <small>Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012</small><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](/source/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](/source/Taylor_%26_Francis)}}</ref>
*†''[Cyrtopone](/source/Cyrtopone)'' <small>Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012</small><ref name=Dlussky2012/>
*†''[Desyopone](/source/Desyopone)'' <small>Boudinot & Perrichot, 2022</small>
*†''[Messelepone](/source/Messelepone)'' <small>Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012</small><ref name=Dlussky2012/>
*†''[Ponerites](/source/Ponerites)'' <small>Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003</small>
*†''[Protopone](/source/Protopone)'' <small>Dlussky, 1988</small><ref name=Dlussky2012/>
*†''[Siinikaponera](/source/Siinikaponera)'' <small>Varela-Hernández et al., 2024</small>

==Phylogeny==
The maximum-probability molecular [cladogram](/source/cladogram) of the tribe constructed by [Fisher](/source/Brian_Fisher_(entomologist)) 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](/source/alliance_(taxonomy)).<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](/source/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
                }}
              }}
            }}
          }}
        }}
      }}                     
    }}
  }}
}}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Ponerinae
Category:Ant tribes
Category:Taxa named by Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier

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