Acanthoponera goeldii, Forel, 1912

Camacho, G. P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M. G., Pie, M. R. & Longino, J. T., 2022, UCE Phylogenomics Resolves Major Relationships Among Ectaheteromorph Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A New Classification, Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1), pp. 1-20 : 13-14

Species: goeldii , minor , mucronata , and peruviana .

Distribution: Exclusively Neotropical, from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.

Fig. 3. Worker of Boltonia microps in A) frontal view; B) dorsal view; and C) lateral view. Images by April Nobile (CASENT0173544); available from www.antweb. org (Antweb 2021).

Notes: Acanthoponera represents a lineage of arboreal and nocturnal Neotropical ants. Most species can be identified using the work of Feitosa and Prada-Achiardi (2019) for the Colombian fauna.