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''Pachycondyla'' is a ponerine
*'' Pachycondyla jonesii'' Forel, 1891
*'' Pachycondyla solitaria'' Smith, F., 1860
*'' Pachycondyla unicolor'' Smith, F., 1860
*'' Pachycondyla vidua'' Smith, F., 1857
*'' Pachycondyla vieirai'' Mackay & Mackay, 2010
*†'' Pachycondyla aberrans'' Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, & Perfilieva, 2015
*†'' Pachycondyla baltica'' Dlussky, 2002
*†'' Pachycondyla calcarea'' (Théobald, 1937)
*†'' Pachycondyla conservata'' Dlussky, 2009
*†'' Pachycondyla crawleyi'' (Donisthorpe, 1920)
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*†'' Pachycondyla nubeculata'' (Zhang, 1989)
*†'' Pachycondyla oligocenica'' Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, & Perfilieva, 2015
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genus
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of ant
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s found in the Neotropics
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
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Distribution
''Pachycondyla'' is currently distributed from southern United States to northern Argentina, but some fossil species (e.g. '' P. eocenica'' and '' P. lutzi'') are found in Europe.Species
The genus formerly contained hundreds of species, most of them belonging to at the timejunior synonym
In taxonomy, the scientific classification of living organisms, a synonym is an alternative scientific name for the accepted scientific name of a taxon. The botanical and zoological codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
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s of ''Pachycondyla''. While revising the ponerines, Schmidt & Shattuck (2014) revived many of the former synonyms, leaving only eleven species in ''Pachycondyla''. They were not able to place some species with certainty, and left more than twenty species ''incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'' in ''Pachycondyla'', acknowledging that "this placement is undoubtedly incorrect".
*'' Pachycondyla constricticeps'' Mackay & Mackay, 2010
*'' Pachycondyla crassinoda'' (Latreille, 1802)
*'' Pachycondyla fuscoatra'' (Roger, 1861)
*'' Pachycondyla harpax'' (Fabricius, 1804)
*'' Pachycondyla impressa'' (Roger, 1861)
*'' Pachycondyla inca'' Emery, 1901
*'' Pachycondyla lattkei'' Mackay & Mackay, 2010
*'' Pachycondyla lenis'' Kempf, 1961
*'' Pachycondyla lenkoi'' Kempf, 1962
*'' Pachycondyla purpurascens'' Forel, 1899
*'' Pachycondyla striata'' Smith, F., 1858
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incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
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*'' Pachycondyla jonesii'' Forel, 1891
*'' Pachycondyla solitaria'' Smith, F., 1860
*'' Pachycondyla unicolor'' Smith, F., 1860
*'' Pachycondyla vidua'' Smith, F., 1857
*'' Pachycondyla vieirai'' Mackay & Mackay, 2010
*†'' Pachycondyla aberrans'' Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, & Perfilieva, 2015
*†'' Pachycondyla baltica'' Dlussky, 2002
*†'' Pachycondyla calcarea'' (Théobald, 1937)
*†'' Pachycondyla conservata'' Dlussky, 2009
*†'' Pachycondyla crawleyi'' (Donisthorpe, 1920)
*†''Pachycondyla dubia
''Pachycondyla'' is a Ponerinae, ponerine genus of ants found in the Neotropics.
Distribution
''Pachycondyla'' is currently distributed from southern United States to northern Argentina, but some fossil species (e.g. ''Pachycondyla eocenica, P. ...
'' (Théobald, 1937)
*†''Pachycondyla eocenica
''Pachycondyla eocenica'' is an extinct species of ant in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described from fossils found in Europe. ''P. eocenica'' is one of six Lutetian ''Pachycondyla'' species.
History and classification
When described, ''Pa ...
'' Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
*†'' Pachycondyla globiventris'' (Théobald, 1937)
*†'' Pachycondyla gracilicornis'' (Mayr, 1868)
*†'' Pachycondyla labandeirai'' (Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2002)
*†''Pachycondyla lutzi
''Pachycondyla lutzi'' is an extinct species of ant in the Formicidae, formicid subfamily Ponerinae described by from fossils found in Europe. ''P. lutzi'' is one of six Lutetian ''Pachycondyla'' species.
History and classification
When descr ...
'' Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
*†''Pachycondyla? messeliana
''Pachycondyla? messeliana'' is an extinct species of ants in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described by from a fossil found in Europe. ''P.? messeliana'' is one of six Lutetian ''Pachycondyla'' species.
History and classification
When d ...
'' Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
*†'' Pachycondyla minutansata'' (Zhang, 1989)
*†'' Pachycondyla nubeculata'' (Zhang, 1989)
*†'' Pachycondyla oligocenica'' Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, & Perfilieva, 2015
*†''Pachycondyla parvula
''Pachycondyla parvula'' is an extinct species of ant in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described by from a fossil found in Europe. ''P. parvula'' is one of six Lutetian ''Pachycondyla'' species.
History and classification
When described ''P ...
'' Dlussky, Rasnitsyn, & Perfilieva, 2015
*†''Pachycondyla petiolosa
''Pachycondyla petiolosa'' is an extinct species of ant in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described by from a fossil found in Europe. ''P. parvula'' is one of six Lutetian ''Pachycondyla'' species.
History and classification
When described ' ...
'' Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
*†''Pachycondyla petrosa
''Pachycondyla petrosa'' is an extinct species of ant in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae described from a fossil found in Europe. ''P. petrosa'' is one of six Lutetian ''Pachycondyla'' species.
History and classification
When described ''Pach ...
'' Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
*†'' Pachycondyla succinea'' (Mayr, 1868)
*†'' Pachycondyla tristis'' (Dlussky, 2009)
References
External links
* * Ponerinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of North America Hymenoptera of South America Taxa named by Frederick Smith (entomologist) {{Ponerinae-stub