Ponera

Ponera
Ponera sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Ponera
Latreille, 1804
Type species
Formica coarctata
Latreille, 1802
Diversity[1]
66 species
Synonyms

Pseudocryptopone Wheeler, W.M., 1933
Pteroponera Bernard, 1950
Selenopone Wheeler, W.M., 1933

Ponera is a genus of ponerine ants. The name is the Latinized form (Ponēra) of the Ancient Greek ponira (πονηρά, 'wicked, wretched').[2]

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Ponera". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. ^ "ponerid". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

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