Ponerini is a tribe of ponerine ants with 46 genera and 6 extinct genera. It contains every ponerine genus except Platythyrea, which is placed in its own tribe Platythyreini.
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 †Cyrtopone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 †Desyopone Boudinot & Perrichot, 2022 †Messelepone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012 †Ponerites Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003 †Protopone Dlussky, 1988 †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. These genus groups are also referred to as alliances.
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