Heteroponera

Heteroponera
H. brounii worker from New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Heteroponerinae
Tribe: Heteroponerini
Genus: Heteroponera
Mayr, 1887
Type species
Heteroponera carinifrons
Mayr, 1887
Diversity[1]
19 species
Synonyms

Anacanthoponera Wheeler, 1923
Paranomopone Wheeler, 1915

Heteroponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Heteroponerinae.[2] The genus is known from the Neotropics (from Costa Rica to Uruguay and Chile) and Australasia.[3]

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Heteroponera". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Heteroponera". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. Taylor, Robert W. (2011), "Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteropone rinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (1) General introduction and review of the Heteroponera leae (Wheeler, 1923) species group, with descriptions of two new species.", Myrmecological News 15: 117–123

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