Ponera

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 83

Genus 3. PONERA .

Formica , pt., Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 195 (1802).

Ponera , Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 128 (1804).

Maxillary palpi 2-jointed (in the European species): 4-jointed (in most exotic ones); the labial palpi 2-jointed; ocelli obsolete in the workers; eyes present in all the sexes (in the European species the workers are destitute of eyes). The scale of the petiole thickened, nodifera, the first segment of the abdomen more or less constricted. Females and workers furnished with a sting. Anterior wings with one marginal, two complete submarginal cells, and one discoidal cell.