A nest collection of Mayaponera constricta from the Canal Zone of Panama had two dealate gynes (B. Boudinot coll.), suggesting that Mayaponera may be polygynous.
Taxonomic history
Forel, 1908c PDF: 37 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952c PDF: 624 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976a PDF: 53 (l.).Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901b PDF: 46.Combination in Mesoponera: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 141.Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 304.Combination in Mayaponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 PDF: 143.Senior synonym of Mayaponera josephi: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 39.See also: MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 269.
