Mayaponera
Mayaponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. It contains the single species Mayaponera constricta, found in Central and South America. Workers are slender and medium in size (6–7.5 mm).[2]
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| M. constricta worker | |
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| Genus: | Mayaponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 |
| Species: | Mayaponera constricta |
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| M. constricta Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 | |
| Type species | |
| Ponera constricta Mayr, 1884 | |
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References
- Bolton, B. (2015). "Mayaponera". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.
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