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Hagensia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Formicidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hymenoptera

Subfamily
  
Ponerinae

Hagensia

Similar
  
Bothroponera, Euponera, Streblognathus, Paltothyreus, Pseudoponera

Hagensia is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Its two species are known only from coastal areas in South Africa. Workers are large (10.5–13.0 mm); queens are unknown, but gamergates (reproductive female workers) occurs in both species.

Species

  • Hagensia havilandi (Forel, 1901)
  • Hagensia peringueyi (Emery, 1899)
  • References

    Hagensia Wikipedia