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Neoponera
N. villosa worker
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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

References

  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.