Ponerinae

For the orchid subtribe, see Ponerinae (plant).
Ponerinae
Temporal range: Turonian-Recent
Fighting Harpegnathos saltator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Lepeletier, 1835
Type genus
Ponera
Diversity[1]
59 genera
Plectroctena sp. fighting

Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including Dinoponera gigantea - one of the world's largest species of ant.

They are most easily identified from other subfamilies by a constricted gaster (abdomen). They are rare examples of stinging ants.[2]

Genera

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Ponerinae". AntCat. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  2. Hoffman, Donald R. "Ant venoms" Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2010, vol. 10, pages 342-346. doi:10.1097/ACI.0b013e328339f325
  3. 1 2 3 4 Dlussky, G.M.; Wedmann, S. (2012). "The poneromorph ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae: Amblyoponinae, Ectatomminae, Ponerinae) of Grube Messel, Germany: High biodiversity in the Eocene". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 (4): 725–753. doi:10.1080/14772019.2011.628341.  via Taylor & Francis (subscription required)

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