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
- Paraponera clavata (Fabricius, 1775)
- †Paraponera dieteri Baroni Urbani, 1994
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Paraponera". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ↑ "Genus: Paraponera". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ↑ Wheeler, George C. (1956). Myrmecological Orthoepy and Onomatology (PDF). University of North Dakota Press. pp. 4, 17.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Species: †Paraponera dieteri". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
External links
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