Abstract
The ponerine ant genus Centromyrmex Mayr is redefined and its Afrotropical species are fully revised. Ten Afrotropical species are recognised of which six are described as new (decessor, ereptor, fugator, praedator, raptor, secutor). Two former infraspecific names are elevated to species rank (angolensis, longiventris) and four new junior synonyms of sellaris (= arnoldi, = congolensis, = constanciae, = guineensis) are established. The monotypic genus Promyopias Santschi is revived from synonymy and a new monotypic genus, Feroponera, type-species F. ferox sp. n., is introduced. The possibility of a Centromyrmex genus group is discussed and a revised key to Afrotropical genera of Ponerinae is presented.References
Arnold, G. (1915) A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part 1. (Ponerinae; Dorylinae.) Annals of the South African Museum,14, 1–159.
Arnold, G. (1916) A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part 2. (Ponerinae; Dorylinae.) Annals of the South African Museum,14, 159–270.
Arnold, G. (1926) A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum, 23, 191–295.
Belshaw, R. & Bolton, B. (1994) A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 3, 5–16.
Bernard, F. (1953) La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. 11. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 19 (1952), 165–270.
Bolton, B. (1994) Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World, 222 pp. Cambridge, Mass.
Bolton, B. (1995) A New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World, 504 pp. Cambridge, Mass.
Bolton, B. (2003) Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71, 1–370.
Bolton, B. & Brown, W.L., Jr. (2002) Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group. Bulletin of The Natural History Museum (Entomology Series), 71, 1–18.
Bolton, B. & Fisher, B.L. (2008) The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler. Zootaxa, 1892,35–52
Borgmeier, T. (1937) Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da America do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil. Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, 3, 217–255.
Brady, S.G., Schultz, T.R., Fisher, B.L. & Ward, P.S. (2006) Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 103, 18172–18177.
Brown, W.L., Jr. (1953) Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part 1. Breviora, 11, 1–13.
Brown, W.L., Jr. (1955) The ant Centromyrmex donisthorpei Menozzi, a synonym. Psyche, 62, 103.
Brown, W.L., Jr. (1963) Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part 3. Some members of the tribe Ponerini. Breviora, 190, 1–10.
Brown, W.L., Jr. (1973) A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. In Meggers, B.J., Ayensu, E.S. & Duckworth, W.D. (eds.). Tropical Forest Ecosystems in Africa and South America: a Comparative Review, 161–185.
Crawley, W.C. (1916) A new species of ponerine ant captured by an Asilus. Entomologist, 49, 30–31.
Dejean, A. & Bolton, B. (1995) Fauna sheltered by Procubitermes niapuensis termitaries of the African rainforest. Journal of African Zoology, 109, 481–487.
Dejean, A., Bolton, B. & Durand, J.L. (1997) Cubitermes subarquatus termitaries as shelters for soil fauna in African rainforests. Journal of Natural History, 31, 1289–1302.
Dejean, A., Durand, J.L. & Bolton, B. (1996) Ants inhabiting Cubitermes termitaries in African rain forest. Biotropica, 28, 701–713.
Dejean, A. & Fénéron, R. (1996) Polymorphism and oligogyny in the ponerine ant Centromtrmex bequaerti. Insectes Sociaux, 43, 87–99.
Dejean, A. & Fénéron, R. (1999) Predatory behavour in the ponerine ant Centromyrmex bequaerti: a case of termitolesty. Behavioural Processes, 47, 125–133.
Delabie, J.H.C. (1995) Inquilinismo simultaneo de duas especies de Centromyrmex em cupinzeiros de Syntermes sp. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 39, 605–609.
Emery, C. (1889) Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. 20. Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim raccolte da Leonardo Fea (1885–87). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, (2) 7 [27], 485–520.
Emery, C. (1890a) Voyage de M.E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887–Avril 1888). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (6) 10, 55–76.
Emery, C. (1890b) Studii sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, 22, 38–80.
Emery, C. 1906. Studi sulle formiche della fauna Neotropica. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, 37 (1905), 107–194.
Emery, C. (1911) In Wytsman, P. Genera Insectorum. Hymenoptera, Fam. Formicidae, subfam. Ponerinae. Fasc. 118, 124 pp. Bruxelles.
Emery, C. (1915) Formiche raccolte nell'Eritrea dal Prof. F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola superiore d'Agricoltura in Portici, 10, 3–26.
Fisher, B.L. (2006) Boloponera vicans gen. n. and sp. n. and two new species of the Plectroctena genus group. Myrmecologische Nachrichten, 8, 111–118.
Forel, A. (1900) Les formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part 7. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 13, 303–332.
Forel, A. (1901) Nouvelles espèces de Ponerinae. (Avec un nouveau sous-genre et une espèce nouvelle d'Eciton.) Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 9, 325–353.
Forel, A. (1911) Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1911, 285–312.
Forel, A. (1913) Formicides du Congo Belge. Récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Revue Zoologique Africaine, 2, 306–351.
Forel, A. (1917) Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 51, 229–253.
Karavaiev, V. (1925) Ponerinen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet (Fortsetzung). Konowia, 4, 115–131.
Karavaiev, V. (1926) Ameisen aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. Treubia, 8, 413–445.
Kempf, W.W. (1967) A synopsis of the Neotropical ants of the genus Centromyrmex Mayr. Studia Entomologica (N.S.), 9 (1966), 401–410.
Lévieux, J. (1976) Etude de la structure du nid de quelques espèces terricoles de fourmis tropicales. Annales de l’Université d’Abidjan, ser. C, 12, 23–33.
Lévieux, J. (1983) The soil fauna of tropical savannas. IV: The ants. In Boulière, F. (ed.). Tropical savannas, 525–540. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Mayr, G. (1866) Diagnosen neuer und wenig gekannter Formiciden. Verhandlungen der k.k. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 16, 885–908.
Mayr, G. (1896) Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 5. Formiciden gesammelt von Herrn Yngve Sjöstedt. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 17, 225–252.
Menozzi, C. (1925) Nouvelles fourmis des Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 28, 439–449.
Moreau, C.S., Bell, C.D., Vila, R., Archibald, S.B. & Pierce, N. (2006) Phylogeny of the ants: diversification in the age of angiosperms. Science, 312, 101–104.
Ogata, K. (1987) A generic synopsis of the poneroid complex of the family Formicidae in Japan. Esakia, 25, 97–132.
Roger, J. (1861) Die Ponera-artigen Ameisen. (Schluss.) Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 5, 1–54.
Santschi, F. (1914) Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola superiore d'Agricoltura in Portici, 8, 309–385.
Santschi, F. (1919) Fourmis nouvelles éthiopiennes. Revue Zoologique Africaine, 6, 229–240.
Santschi, F. (1920) Formicides nouveaux du Gabon, du Congo, de la Rhodesia et du Natal. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 60, 6–17.
Santschi, F. (1924) Revue du genre Plectroctena F.Smith. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 31, 155–173.
Santschi, F. (1937) Fourmis angolaises. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932–1933. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 44, 211–250.
Ward, P.S. (2007) Phylogeny, classification and species-level taxonomy of ants. Zootaxa, 1668, 549–563.
Watt, A.D., Stork, N.E. & Bolton, B. (2002) The diversity and abundance of ants in relation to forest disturbance and plantation establishment in southern Cameroon. Journal of Applied Ecology, 39, 18–30.
Weber, N.A. (1949) New ponerine ants from Equatorial Africa. American Museum Novitates, 1398, 1–9.
Wheeler, W.M. (1922) The ants of the Belgian Congo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 45, 1–1139.
Wheeler, W.M. (1936) Ecological relations of ponerine and other ants to termites. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 71, 159–243.
Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. (2007) A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region: Key to subfamilies and treatment of the genera of Ponerinae. Zootaxa, 1654, 21–40.