Jump to content

Neoponera

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the current revision of this page, as edited by Plantdrew (talk | contribs) at 17:41, 14 October 2023 (automatic taxobox). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Neoponera
Neoponera villosa worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Neoponera
Emery, 1901
Type species
Formica villosa
Fabricius, 1804
Diversity[1]
57 species
Synonyms

Eumecopone Forel, 1901
Syntermitopone Wheeler, W.M., 1936
Termitopone Wheeler, W.M., 1936

Neoponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Restricted to the Neotropics, the genus is found from southern Texas (United States) to southern Brazil. Workers are slender, and medium to large in size (6.5–19 mm); queens are similar to workers but larger and winged.[2]

Neoponera villosa

Species

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Neoponera". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ^ Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.