A GENERIC SYNOPSIS OF THE PONEROID COMPLEX OF THE FAMILY FORMICIDAE IN JAPAN (HYMENOPTERA). PART I. SUBFAMILIES PONERINAE AND CERAPACHYINAE

Abstract

*[The poneroid subfamily-complex of the family Formicidae in Japan is revised at genus level. This part deals with the subfamilies Ponerinae & Cerapachyinae. Fourteen genera are recognized; 13 belong to the Ponerinae & 1 belongs to the Cerapachyinae. Keys to the all known subfamilies in Japan & to the genera of the Ponerinae are presented. Synonymic list, descriptions of all known castes, & comment on each genus are given with illustrations. H. excoecata & H. nippona transferred from Ponera.]