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Genus of ants

Heteroponera
Heteroponera brounii worker from New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Heteroponerini
Genus: Heteroponera
Mayr, 1887
Type species
Heteroponera carinifrons
Mayr, 1887
Diversity
28 species
Synonyms

Anacanthoponera Wheeler, 1923
Paranomopone Wheeler, 1915

Heteroponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae. The genus is known from the Neotropics (from Costa Rica to Uruguay and Chile) and Australasia.

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Heteroponera". AntCat. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  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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Taxon identifiers
Heteroponera


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