Mayaponera

Mayaponera
M. constricta worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Mayaponera
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Species: Mayaponera constricta
Binomial name
M. constricta
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Type species
Ponera constricta
Mayr, 1884
Diversity[1]
Monotypic taxon

Mayaponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. It contains the single species Mayaponera constricta, found in Central and South America. Workers are slender and medium in size (6–7.5 mm).[2]

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Mayaponera". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.


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