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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.

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

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Genera

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  • 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

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    References

    Ponerinae Wikipedia
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