Hagensia

Hagensia
	Hagensia havilandi worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Hagensia; Forel, 1901
Type species
	Megaloponera havilandi; Forel, 1901
Diversity[1]
	2 species

Hagensia is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Its two species are known only from coastal areas in South Africa. Workers are large (10.5–13.0 mm); queens are unknown, but gamergates (reproductive female workers) occurs in both species.[2]

Species

Hagensia havilandi (Forel, 1901)
Hagensia peringueyi (Emery, 1899)

References

Bolton, B. (2015). "Hagensia". 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". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.

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[AntCat-1] Bolton, B. (2015). "Hagensia". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

[Schmidt&Shattuck_2014-2] 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.