Pseudoneoponera rufipes

Pseudoneoponera rufipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Pseudoneoponera
Species:	P. rufipes
Binomial name
	Pseudoneoponera rufipes; (Jerdon, 1851)

Pseudoneoponera rufipes is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae. It is found in southern and eastern Asia. Like other ants in the genus, they extrude a foam when disturbed.^[1]

Ant releasing strings of foam

Subspecies

Pseudoneoponera rufipes ceylonensis (Jerdon, 1851) - Sri Lanka
Pseudoneoponera rufipes rufipes Forel, 1911 - India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, China ^[2]

References

^ Maschwitz, Ulrich; Jessen, Karla; Maschwitz, Eleonore (1981). "Foaming in Pachycondyla: A New Defense Mechanism in Ants". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 9 (1): 79–81. ISSN 0340-5443.
^ "Pseudoneoponera rufipes".

External links

"Pseudoneoponera rufipes - Facts". AntWeb. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
"Pseudoneoponera rufipes". at antwiki.org
Animaldiversity.org

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[1] Maschwitz, Ulrich; Jessen, Karla; Maschwitz, Eleonore (1981). "Foaming in Pachycondyla: A New Defense Mechanism in Ants". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 9 (1): 79–81. ISSN 0340-5443.

[2] "Pseudoneoponera rufipes".

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