Neoponera

Neoponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Restricted to the Neotropics, the genus is found from southern Texas (United States) to southern Brazil. Workers are slender, and medium to large in size (6.5–19 mm); queens are similar to workers but larger and winged.[2]

Neoponera villosa

Neoponera
Neoponera villosa worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Neoponera
Emery, 1901
Type species
Formica villosa
Fabricius, 1804
Diversity[1]
57 species
Synonyms

Eumecopone Forel, 1901
Syntermitopone Wheeler, W.M., 1936
Termitopone Wheeler, W.M., 1936

Species

  • Neoponera aenescens (Mayr, 1870)
  • Neoponera agilis Forel, 1901
  • Neoponera antecurvata (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera apicalis (Latreille, 1802)
  • Neoponera bactronica (Fernandes, Oliveira & Delabie, 2014)
  • Neoponera billemma (Fernandes, Oliveira & Delabie, 2014)
  • Neoponera bucki (Borgmeier, 1927)
  • Neoponera bugabensis (Forel, 1899)
  • Neoponera carbonaria (Smith, 1858)
  • Neoponera carinulata (Roger, 1861)
  • Neoponera cavinodis Mann, 1916
  • Neoponera chyzeri (Forel, 1907)
  • Neoponera commutata (Roger, 1860)
  • Neoponera concava (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera cooki (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera coveri (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera crenata (Roger, 1861)
  • Neoponera curvinodis (Forel, 1899)
  • Neoponera dismarginata (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera donosoi (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera eleonorae (Forel, 1921)
  • Neoponera emiliae Forel, 1901
  • Neoponera fauveli (Emery, 1895)
  • Neoponera fiebrigi Forel, 1912
  • Neoponera fisheri (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera foetida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Neoponera fusca (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera globularia (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera golbachi Kusnezov, 1969
  • Neoponera hispida (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera holcotyle (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera insignis (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera inversa (Smith, 1858)
  • Neoponera laevigata (Smith, 1858)
  • Neoponera latinoda (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera lineaticeps (Mayr, 1866)
  • Neoponera luteola (Roger, 1861)
  • Neoponera magnifica (Borgmeier, 1929)
  • Neoponera marginata (Roger, 1861)
  • Neoponera metanotalis (Luederwaldt, 1918)
  • Neoponera moesta (Mayr, 1870)
  • Neoponera oberthueri (Emery, 1890)
  • Neoponera obscuricornis (Emery, 1890)
  • Neoponera procidua (Emery, 1890)
  • Neoponera recava (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera rostrata (Emery, 1890)
  • Neoponera rugosula Emery, 1902
  • Neoponera schoedli (MacKay & MacKay, 2006)
  • Neoponera schultzi (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera solisi (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Neoponera striatinodis (Emery, 1890)
  • Neoponera theresiae (Forel, 1899)
  • Neoponera unidentata (Mayr, 1862)
  • Neoponera venusta Forel, 1912
  • Neoponera verenae Forel, 1922
  • Neoponera villosa (Fabricius, 1804)
  • Neoponera zuparkoi (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Neoponera". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  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.


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