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Pachycondyla

Taxonomy

Pachycondyla was named by Smith (1858). It is extant.

It was assigned to Formicidae by Carpenter (1992); to Ponerinae by Dlussky and Wedmann (2012); and to Ponerini by Bolton (2012).

Species

Sister genera

Synonyms

Brachyponera was named by Emery (1901). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pachycondyla by Bolton (2012).

It was assigned to Ponerinae by Theobald (1937); and to Formicidae by Carpenter (1992).
Euponera (Mesoponera) was named by Emery (1909). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pachycondyla by Bolton (2012).

It was assigned to Euponera by Emery (1909).
Euponera was named by Forel (1891). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pachycondyla by Bolton (2012).

It was assigned to Ponerini by Wheeler (1915); and to Ponerinae by Zhang (1989).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1858	Pachycondyla Smith p. 105
1891	Euponera Forel
1901	Brachyponera Emery p. 43
1909	Euponera (Mesoponera) Emery
1915	Euponera Wheeler
1937	Brachyponera Theobald p. 196
1989	Euponera Zhang p. 262
1992	Brachyponera Carpenter
1992	Pachycondyla Carpenter
2012	Pachycondyla Bolton
2012	Pachycondyla Dlussky and Wedmann p. 731

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