Ponerinae

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Ponerinae
fighting Harpegnathos saltator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
Genera

Ponera
Harpegnathos
Odontomachus
Leptogenys
Onychomyrmex
Simopelta
Pachycondyla
 many more

Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,800 species in 40 genera.

They are most easily identified from other sub-families by a constricted gaster (abdomen).

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