Heteroponera

Heteroponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Heteroponerinae.[2] The genus is known from the Neotropics (from Costa Rica to Uruguay and Chile) and Australasia.[3]

Heteroponera
H. brounii worker from New Zealand
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Heteroponera

Mayr, 1887
Type species
Heteroponera carinifrons
Mayr, 1887
Diversity[1]
28 species
Synonyms

Anacanthoponera Wheeler, 1923
Paranomopone Wheeler, 1915

Species

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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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