Ponerini is a tribe of
Ponerinae
Ponerinae 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 replaced the queen as the f ...
ants with 46 genera and 6 extinct genera.
Genera
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Anochetus
''Anochetus'' is a genus of small, carnivorous ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.
This genus is present in both the Old and New World and is certainly native to all continents except Antarctica and Europe. In Europ ...
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Archiponera
''Archiponera'' is an extinct genus of ant in the formicid subfamily Ponerinae. The genus contains a single described species, ''Archiponera wheeleri'' known from several Late Eocene fossils which were found in North America.
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Asphinctopone
''Asphinctopone'' is a small genus of rarely encountered Afrotropical ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
Species
* ''Asphinctopone differens'' Bolton & Fisher, 2008
* ''Asphinctopone pilosa'' Hawkes, 2010
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Austroponera''
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Belonopelta
''Belonopelta'' is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus contains two species: ''B. deletrix'' is known from Mesoamerica and Colombia, while ''B. attenuata'' is only known from Colombia. Members of this genus are r ...
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Boloponera
''Boloponera'' is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus contains the single species ''Boloponera vicans'', known from a single worker specimen collected in leaf litter in the Central African Republic
The Central Af ...
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Bothroponera
''Bothroponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. It is distributed in Africa and Asia.
Species
*''Bothroponera cambouei'' Forel, 1891
*''Bothroponera cariosa'' Emery, 1895
*''Bothroponera cavernosa'' (Roger, 1860)
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Brachyponera
''Brachyponera'' is genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
Distribution
The genus is natively distributed from Africa to southern Asia and Australia, with most species occurring in Southeast Asia. At least two species are invasive in othe ...
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Buniapone
''Buniapone'' is a monotypic genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. ''Buniapone amblyops'', the single described species, is found in Southern and Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The genus name is derived from orang bunian, supernatural forest ...
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Centromyrmex
''Centromyrmex'' is a pantropical, though mainly Afrotropical, genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. This ponerine ant was recorded for the first time in French Guiana and the most northerly point of recording was in Costa Rica. The sp ...
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Cephalopone''
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Cryptopone''
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Cyrtopone''
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Diacamma
''Diacamma'' is a genus of queenless ants belonging to the subfamily Ponerinae. It is distributed from India to Australia and contains about 24 species.
Biology
A queen caste does not exist in ''Diacamma''. Unique to this genus, all workers ...
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Dinoponera''
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Dolioponera''
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Ectomomyrmex''
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Emeryopone
''Emeryopone'' is a small genus of ants in the subfamily
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Euponera''
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Feroponera''
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Fisheropone''
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Hagensia''
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Harpegnathos''
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Hypoponera
''Hypoponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus has a worldwide distribution and is found in all continents except Antarctica.
Species
*'' Hypoponera abeillei'' (André, 1881)
*''Hypoponera agilis'' (Borgmeier, 1934)
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Iroponera''
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Leptogenys''
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Loboponera''
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Mayaponera''
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Megaponera''
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Mesoponera''
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Messelepone''
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Myopias''
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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 ...
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Odontomachus
''Odontomachus'' is a genus of ants commonly called trap-jaw ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.
Overview
Commonly known as trap-jaw ants, species in ''Odontomachus'' have a pair of large, straight mandibles capab ...
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Odontoponera
''Odontoponera'' is a small Southeast Asia genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
Description
Workers are medium in size (9–12 mm); queens are similar to workers but larger (11–13 mm) and winged.
Distribution
Its two species ...
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Ophthalmopone''
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Pachycondyla
''Pachycondyla'' is a Ponerinae, ponerine genus of ants found in the Neotropics.
Distribution
''Pachycondyla'' is currently distributed from southern United States to northern Argentina, but some fossil species (e.g. ''Pachycondyla eocenica, P. ...
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Paltothyreus''
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Parvaponera
''Parvaponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus is distributed in Africa (and Madagascar), Southeast Asia, Australia and the Solomon Islands. Workers are slender and small in size. Queens are similar to workers, but larg ...
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Phrynoponera''
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Plectroctena''
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Ponera
''Ponera'' is a genus of ponerine ants.
The name is the Latinized form (') of the Ancient Greek ' (, 'wicked, wretched').
Description
Workers are very small to small in size (1–4 mm); queen are similar to workers but winged. This genus ...
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Ponerites''
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Promyopias''
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Protopone''
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Psalidomyrmex
''Psalidomyrmex'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus is known from Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. These inc ...
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Pseudoneoponera
''Pseudoneoponera'' is a ponerine genus of ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceo ...
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Pseudoponera
''Pseudoponera'' is a small genus of ponerine ants. The genus was described by Emery in 1900.
Description
The genus contains a small number of species, preferring Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms ...
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Rasopone
''Rasopone'' is genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus is restricted to Central and South America.
Species
*''Rasopone arhuaca'' (Forel, 1901)
*''Rasopone becculata'' MacKay & MacKay, 2010
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Simopelta
''Simopelta'' is a Neotropical genus
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Streblognathus
''Streblognathus'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus contains two species found in southern Africa.
Species
* '' Streblognathus aethiopicus'' (Smith, 1858)
* '' Streblognathus peetersi'' Robertson, 2002
Biology
Both ...
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Thaumatomyrmex''
References
Ponerinae
Ant tribes
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