Ponerinae: key to genera couplet 3
Key: modified from Wheeler & Wheeler (1986), Hölldobler & Wilson (1990), Bolton (1994)

Taxa remaining Hypoponera* Ponera

Figure 15. Ponerinae: Ponera pennsylvanica

3.Subpetiolar process in profile a simple lobe, without an acute posteroventral angle and lacking an anterior thin translucent spot. (collected in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas)	...Hypoponera*
Subpetiolar process in profile with an acute angle posteroventrally and with a translucent thin spot anteriorly (Figs. 15). (collected in all Midwestern states)	...Ponera.

Genus Hypoponera Santschi ÆV biroi (Emery, 1900): Chou & Terayama, 1991: 76; - Bolton, 1995: 213. <¶§ÛÆViwVD
bondroiti (Forel, 1911): Chou & Terayama, 1991: 76; - Bolton, 1995: 213. ¿j§ÛÆViwVD
gleadowi (Forel, 1895): Chou & Terayama, 1991: 76; - Bolton, 1995: 214; - Tang et al., 1995: 35.
nippona (Santschi, 1937): Chou & Terayama, 1991: 76; - Bolton, 1995: 215. §È•ªÆViwVD
opaciceps (Mayr, 1887): Chou & Terayama, 1991: 76; - Bolton, 1995: 215. St#fÆViwVD
sauteri (Onoyama, 1989): Chou & Terayama, 1991: 76; - Bolton, 1995: 216. ™Ú§ÛÆViwVD
truncata (Fr. Smith, 1861): Chou & Terayama, 1991: 76; - Bolton, 1995: 216; - Tang et al., 1995: 35. fI™¨ÆViwVD
zwaluwenburgi (Wheeler, 1933): Chou & Terayama, 1991: 76; - Bolton, 1995: 217. ®Î•ÀÆViwVD

Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley (Ponerinae: Ponera Latreille)

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