Ponerinae
subfamily of ants
Ponerinae, the ponerine ants,[2] is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group. It has around 1,600 species, including Dinoponera gigantea - one of the world's largest species of ant.
| Ponerinae Temporal range:
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| Fighting Harpegnathos saltator | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae Lepeletier, 1835 |
| Type genus | |
| Ponera Latreille, 1804
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 59 genera | |
References
change- ↑ Bolton, B. (2015). "Ponerinae". AntCat. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ↑ Schmidt, Chris (9 May 2013). "Molecular phylogenetics of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)". Zootaxa. 3647 (2): 201–250. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.1. PMID 26295106.
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