Ponera
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| Ponera | |
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| Ponera sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Ponera Latreille, 1804 |
| Type species | |
| Formica coarctata Latreille, 1802 | |
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| Diversity | |
| > 50 species | |
Ponera is a genus of ponerine ants.
Description
This genus is very similar to Cryptopone, Hypoponera and Pachycondyla.[1]
Biology
Ponera nests contain less than 100 workers in protected places on the ground, most often in the soil or in cracks, rotten wood, under bark or moss on rotten logs.[1]
Distribution
Ponera is known from the Holarctic, Samoa, New Guinea and Australia.[1]
Species
- Ponera affinis Jerdon, 1850
- Ponera alisana Terayama, 1986
- Ponera alpha Taylor, 1967
- Ponera atavia Mayr, 1868
- Ponera augusta Taylor, 1967
- Ponera bableti Perrault, 1993
- Ponera baka Xu, 2001
- Ponera bawana Xu, 2001
- Ponera bishamon Terayama, 1996
- Ponera borneensis Taylor, 1967
- Ponera chapmani Taylor, 1967
- Ponera chiponensis Terayama, 1986
- Ponera clavicornis Emery, 1900
- Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
- Ponera colaensis Mann, 1921
- Ponera diodonta Xu, 2001
- Ponera elegantissima Meunier, 1923
- Ponera elegantula Wilson, 1957
- Ponera exotica Smith, 1962
- Ponera guangxiensis Zhou, 2001
- Ponera incerta (Wheeler, 1933)
- Ponera japonica Wheeler, 1906
- Ponera Kohmoku Terayama, 1996
- Ponera leae Forel, 1913
- Ponera leptocephala Emery, 1891
- Ponera loi Taylor, 1967
- Ponera longlina Xu, 2001
- Ponera manni Taylor, 1967
- Ponera minuta Donisthorpe, 1920
- Ponera nangongshana Xu, 2001
- Ponera oreas Wheeler, 1933
- Ponera paedericera Zhou, 2001
- Ponera pennsylvanica Buckley, 1866
- Ponera pentodontus Xu, 2001
- Ponera petila Wilson, 1957
- Ponera pianmana Xu, 2001
- Ponera pumila Jerdon, 1851
- Ponera scabra Wheeler, 1928
- Ponera selenophora Emery, 1900
- Ponera sinensis Wheeler, 1928
- Ponera swezeyi Wheeler, 1933
- Ponera syscena Wilson, 1957
- Ponera sysphinctoides Bernard, 1950
- Ponera szaboi Wilson, 1957
- Ponera szentivanyi Wilson, 1957
- Ponera taipingensis Forel, 1913
- Ponera takaminei Tarayama, 1996
- Ponera tamon Terayama, 1996
- Ponera tenuis Emery, 1900
- Ponera testacea Csosz, 2003
- Ponera woodwardi Taylor, 1967
- Ponera Xantha Xu, 2001
- Ponera xenagos Wilson, 1957
- Ponera yakushimensis Tanaka, 1974
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ponera Latreille, 1804, Ants Down Under". CSIRO Australia. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
References
- ITIS: Genus Ponera
- Australian Ants Online: Genus Ponera
Popular culture
In Soul Eater: Monotone Princess for the Wii, there is a character named Ponera.
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