Revision of the Pachycondyla sikorae species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar Author Rakotonirina, J. C. Author Fisher, B. L. text Zootaxa 2013 3683 4 447 485 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03683p485.pdf journal article 26011 A7A91D16-85AD-40DB-9627-FD02101289A4 Pachycondyla sikorae was first described as a subgenus ( Euponera ) of Ponera by Forel 1891 : 127. The new subgenus Euponera was later raised to genus ( Emery, 1901 :46) and by 1911 , included a heterogenous group of species placed in four subgenera: Euponera , Mesoponera , Brachyponera , and Trachymesopus ( Emery 1911 : 79- 86). Brown in Bolton (1994) synonymized the genus as a junior synonym of Pachycondyla , which is where it remains today though molecular results suggest that Pachycondyla is paraphyletic ( Ward 2011 ; Schmidt 2013 ). Detailed taxonomic history of Euponera modified from AntCat.org 2013: Euponera Forel, 1891 : 126 [as subgenus of Ponera ] Type-species: Ponera sikorae , by monotypy. Euponera in Ponerinae , Ponerini : Emery, 1895 : 767; Emery, 1911 : 79 [subtribe Pachycondylini ]; Wheeler, 1915 : 37; Arnold, 1915 : 63; Forel, 1917 : 237; Wheeler, 1922 : 648; all subsequent authors. Euponera as subgenus of Ponera : Forel, 1891 : 126; Emery, 1895 : 767. Euponera as genus: Emery, 1901 : 46; Emery, 1909 : 364; Wheeler, 1910 : 135; Emery, 1911 : 79; Arnold, 1915 : 63; Forel, 1917 : 237; Gallardo, 1918 : 64; Wheeler, 1922 : 648; Borgmeier, 1923 : 70; Clark, 1934 : 30; Creighton, 1950 : 44; Chapman & Capco, 1951 : 63; Bernard, 1953 : 189; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985 : 256; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988 : 78; Hoelldobler & Wilson, 1990 : 11. Euponera as junior synonym of Pachycondyla : Brown, in Bolton, 1994 : 164; Bolton, 2003 : 166. Checklist of the Malagasy P. sikorae species-group sikorae complex: gorogota Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. haratsingy Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. ivolo Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. maeva Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. mialy Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. nosy Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. sikorae Forel1891 vohitravo complex: agnivo Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. antsiraka Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. daraina Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. rovana Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. tahary Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. vohitravo Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n. zoro Rakotonirina and Fisher , sp. n.