Euponera

Euponera
Euponera sikorae AntWeb alate queen specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Alliance: Odontomachus genus group
Genus: Euponera
Forel, 1891
Type species
Ponera sikorae[1]
Forel, 1891
Diversity[2]
15 species

Euponera is a genus of ponerine ants distributed widely throughout the Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms. Workers of Euponera are large (6–10.5 mm) while queens are similar to workers, though larger and winged.[2]

Species

As of 2026, the genus possesses 16 valid species. It used to contain many more species, however those were all transferred away into different genera over time.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Bolton, B. (2015). "Euponera". AntCat. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b 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". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.

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