''Neoponera'' is a

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ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...

s in the

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Ponerinae Ponerinae, the ponerine ants, is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including '' Dinoponera gigantea'' - one of the world's largest species of ant. Mated workers have replac ...

. Restricted to the

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, the genus is found from southern

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(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

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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 ''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 ...

'' Forel, 1912 *'' Neoponera verenae'' Forel, 1922 *'' Neoponera villosa'' (Fabricius, 1804) *'' Neoponera zuparkoi'' (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)

References

Ponerinae Ant genera Hymenoptera of North America Hymenoptera of South America {{Ponerinae-stub