Feroponera
| Feroponera ferox | |
|---|---|
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| F. ferox paratype worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Feroponera Bolton & Fisher, 2008 |
| Species: | F. ferox |
| Binomial name | |
| Feroponera ferox Bolton & Fisher, 2008 | |
Feroponera is a monotypic Afrotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae containing the single species Feroponera ferox. The genus is known only from a few specimen collected from an non-occupied termitary in Cameroon.[1]
References
- ↑ Bolton, Barry; Fisher, Brian L. (2008), "Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF), Zootaxa 1929: 1–37
External links
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