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Pseudoponera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Formicidae

Tribe
  
Ponerini

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Ponerinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Hymenopterans

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Similar
  
Euponera, Hymenopterans, Pseudoneoponera, Parvaponera, Cryptopone

Pseudoponera is a small genus of ponerine ants. The genus was described by Emery in 1900.

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Description

The genus contains a small number of species, preferring Neotropical climates. Despite being a small genus, the species have a worldwide distribution, where they are found in multiple continents.

List of species

There are 6 species belonging to Pseudoponera:

  • Pseudoponera cognata (Emery, 1896)
  • Pseudoponera gilberti (Kempf, 1960)
  • Pseudoponera gilloglyi (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Pseudoponera pachynoda (Clark, 1930)
  • Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Pseudoponera succedanea (Roger, 1863)

    • References

    Pseudoponera Wikipedia
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