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Fisheropone

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Fisheropone
Fisheropone ambiuga worker
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Fisheropone

Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Species:
Fisheropone ambigua
Binomial name
F. ambigua
(Weber, 1942)
Type species
Ponera ambigua
Weber, 1942
Diversity[1]
Monotypic taxon

Fisheropone (named after Brian Fisher) is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Known from central Africa, it contains a single described species Fisheropone ambigua, and at least one undescribed species. Nothing is known about its biology.[2]

References

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Fisheropone". 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.