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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