Puneet Varma (Editor)

Ponerinae

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Hymenoptera

Higher classification
  
Ant

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Scientific name
  
Ponerinae

Rank
  
Subfamily

Ponerinae ponerinae

Lower classifications
  
Pachycondyla, Bullet ant, Odontomachus, Ponera, Hypoponera

Ponerinae


Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including Dinoponera gigantea - one of the world's largest species of ant.

Contents

Ponerinae httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

They are most easily identified from other subfamilies by a constricted gaster (abdomen). They are rare examples of stinging ants.

Ponerinae Ponerinae

Genera

Ponerinae Ponerinae Wikipedia

  • Platythyreini Emery, 1901
  • Platythyrea Roger, 1863
  • Ponerini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835
  • Anochetus Mayr, 1861
  • †Archiponera Carpenter, 1930
  • Asphinctopone Santschi, 1914
  • Austroponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
  • Belonopelta Mayr, 1870
  • Boloponera Fisher, 2006
  • Bothroponera Mayr, 1862
  • Brachyponera Emery, 1900
  • Buniapone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
  • Centromyrmex Mayr, 1866
  • †Cephalopone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
  • Cryptopone Emery, 1893
  • †Cyrtopone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
  • Diacamma Mayr, 1862
  • Dinoponera Roger, 186
  • Dolioponera Brown, 1974
  • Ectomomyrmex Mayr, 1867
  • Emeryopone Forel, 1912
  • Euponera Forel, 1891
  • Feroponera Bolton & Fisher, 2008
  • Fisheropone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
  • Hagensia Forel, 1901
  • Harpegnathos Jerdon, 1851
  • Hypoponera Santschi, 1938
  • Iroponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
  • Leptogenys Roger, 1861
  • Loboponera Bolton & Brown, 2002
  • Mayaponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
  • Megaponera Mayr, 1862
  • Mesoponera Emery, 1900
  • †Messelepone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012
  • Myopias Roger, 1861
  • Neoponera Emery, 1901
  • Odontomachus Latreille, 1804
  • Odontoponera Mayr, 1862
  • Ophthalmopone Forel, 1890
  • Pachycondyla Smith, 1858
  • Paltothyreus Mayr, 1862
  • Parvaponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
  • Phrynoponera Wheeler, 1920
  • Plectroctena Smith, 1858
  • Ponera Latreille, 1804
  • †Ponerites Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003
  • Promyopias Santschi, 1914
  • †Protopone Dlussky, 1988
  • Psalidomyrmex André, 1890
  • Pseudoneoponera Donisthorpe, 1943
  • Pseudoponera Emery, 1900
  • Rasopone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
  • Simopelta Mann, 1922
  • Streblognathus Mayr, 1862
  • Thaumatomyrmex Mayr, 1887
  • incertae sedis
  • †Afropone Dlussky, Brothers & Rasnitsyn, 2004
  • †Eogorgites Hong, 2002
  • †Eoponerites Hong, 2002
  • †Furcisutura Hong, 2002
  • †Longicapitia Hong, 2002
  • †Taphopone Dlussky & Perfilieva, 2014

    • Ponerinae Alex Wild Photography Photo Keywords poneromorph

    References

    Ponerinae Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA