Paraponera

Paraponera
P. clavata, or bullet ant, the sole extant member of the subfamily Paraponerinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Paraponerinae
Emery, 1901
Tribe: Paraponerini
Emery, 1901
Genus: Paraponera
F. Smith, 1858
Type species
Formica clavata
Diversity[1]
2 species

Paraponera is a genus of ants and the only genus in the subfamily Paraponerinae.[2] The name means "near-Ponera".[3]

It consists of two species: the extant Paraponera clavata, also known as a bullet ant, found in the Neotropics, and the very small[4] fossil species Paraponera dieteri known from Dominican amber (Early Miocene; 16-19 million years ago).[5]

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Paraponera". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Paraponera". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  3. Wheeler, George C. (1956). Myrmecological Orthoepy and Onomatology (PDF). University of North Dakota Press. pp. 4, 17.
  4. Baroni Urbani, C. (1994). "The identity of the Dominican Paraponera (Amber Collection Stuttgart: Hymenoptera, Formicidae. V: Ponerinae, partim)". Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde (B): 1–9.
  5. "Species: †Paraponera dieteri". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

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