Ponerinae Proposed Here

Classification of Ponerinae Proposed Here Ponerinae contains two tribes, Platythyreini, with the single genus Platythyrea, and Ponerini with the remaining genera. Ponerini is here divided into six informal genus groups based on molecular phylogenetic results (Schmidt, 2013). Firm morphological synapomorphies have not been found for all of these groups, and their relationships are still unresolved, but the monophyly of each is generally well supported by the available evidence. Platythyreini Platythyrea Roger = Eubothroponera ClarkPublished as part of Schmidt, C. A. & Shattuck, S. O., 2014, The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior, pp. 1-242 in Zootaxa 3817 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.