Heteroponerinae is a
subfamily 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 Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
s in the
poneromorph subfamilies In ants, the traditional subfamily Ponerinae has been subdivided into several Poneromorph subfamilies, with several former tribes now elevated to subfamily rank. According to this analysis, some ponerine groups may be more closely related to other s ...
group containing three
genera in one
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
.
The subfamily was created in 2003 when
Barry Bolton divided the
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 ...
subfamily into six subfamilies.
Genera
*Heteroponerinae
Bolton, 2003
**Heteroponerini
Bolton, 2003
*** ''
Acanthoponera''
Mayr, 1862
*** ''
Aulacopone''
Arnol'di, 1930
*** ''
Heteroponera''
Mayr, 1887
References
External links
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Ant subfamilies
Taxa named by Barry Bolton
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