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Heteroponera Mayr, G. (1887). Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 37 : 511–632 [p. 532]. Type species: Heteroponera carinifrons Mayr 1887, by monotypy.

Paranomopone Wheeler, W. M. (1915). Paranomopone, a new genus of ponerine ants from Queensland. Psyche (Cambridge). 22 : 117–120 [p. 117] (junior synonym of Heteroponera by Brown 1958:194). Type species: Paranomopone relicta Wheeler 1915, by monotypy.


Acanthoponera imbellis Emery, C. (1895). Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39 : 345–358 [p. 346] (combination as Heteroponera imbellis by Brown 1952:70).

Type Material
Holotype, Kamerunga, Queensland (MCSN (Genoa): worker).

References
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1952). Heteroponera Mayr reinstated (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge). 59 : 70 [taxonomy, p. 70]


Ectatomma (Acanthoponera) imbellis hilare Forel, A. (1895). Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie, récoltées à The Ridge, Mackay, Queensland, par M. Gilbert Turner. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39 : 417–428 [p. 421] (junior synonym of Heteroponera imbellis by Brown 1958:196).

Type Material
Syntype, Mackay, Queensland (MHNG (Geneva): worker(s) (probable)).

References
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1958). Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 118 : 173–362 [taxonomy, p. 196]


Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) imbellis scabra Wheeler, W. M. (1923). Ants of the genera Myopias and Acanthoponera. Psyche (Cambridge). 30 : 175–192 [p. 181] (combination as Heteroponera imbellis scabra by Brown 1952:70; junior synonym of Heteroponera imbellis by Brown 1958:196).

Type Material
Syntype, Sydney, New South Wales (MCZ (Cambridge): 1 worker).

References
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1952). Heteroponera Mayr reinstated (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge). 59 : 70 [taxonomy, p. 70]
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1958). Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 118 : 173–362 [taxonomy, p. 196]


Acanthoponera occidentalis Clark, J. (1926). Australian Formicidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 12 : 43–51 [p. 47] (as Heteroponera occidentalis by Brown 1952:70; junior synonym of Heteroponera imbellis by Brown 1958:196).

Type Material
Syntype, John Forrest Nat. Park (as National Park), Western Australia (museum unknown: worker(s)).
Syntype, Mundaring, Western Australia (MV (Melbourne): 1 worker).

References
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1952). Heteroponera Mayr reinstated (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge). 59 : 70 [taxonomy, p. 70]
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1958). Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 118 : 173–362 [taxonomy, p. 196]


Acanthoponera nigra Clark, J. (1930). New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. (n.s.) 43 : 2–25 [p. 6] (combination as Heteroponera nigra by Brown 1952:70; junior synonym of Heteroponera imbellis by Brown 1958:196).

Type Material
Syntype, Mt. William, Grampians, Victoria (MV (Melbourne): worker(s)).

References
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1952). Heteroponera Mayr reinstated (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge). 59 : 70 [taxonomy, p. 70]
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1958). Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 118 : 173–362 [taxonomy, p. 196]



Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) leae Wheeler, W. M. (1923). Ants of the genera Myopias and Acanthoponera. Psyche (Cambridge). 30 : 175–192 [p. 181] (combination as Heteroponera leae by Brown 1952:70).

Type Material
Syntype, Royal Nat. Park (as The National Park), near Sydney, New South Wales (MCZ (Cambridge): 1 worker).

References
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1952). Heteroponera Mayr reinstated (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge). 59 : 70 [taxonomy, p. 70]
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1958). Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 118 : 173–362 [taxonomy]



Paranomopone relicta Wheeler, W. M. (1915). Paranomopone, a new genus of ponerine ants from Queensland. Psyche (Cambridge). 22 : 117–120 [p. 118 pl. 8] (combination as Heteroponera relicta by Brown 1958:196).

Type Material
Syntype, Kuranda, Queensland (MCZ (Cambridge): 1 worker, 1 queen (ergatoid)).
Syntype, Kuranda, Queensland (MV (Melbourne): 1 worker).

References
Brown, W. L., Jr. (1958). Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 118 : 173–362 [taxonomy, p. 196]


 

 

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