''Acanthoponera'' is a
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bi ...
genus
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of
ants in the
subfamily Heteroponerinae
Heteroponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing three genera in one tribe. The subfamily was created in 2003 when Barry Bolton
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.
''Acanthoponera'' contains four rarely collected species and a fifth unnamed species mentioned by Brown (1958) only known from a stray
gyne.
Species
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Acanthoponera goeldii
''Acanthoponera goeldii'' is a species of ant belonging to the genus ''Acanthoponera''. Described in 1912 by Forel, the species is native to North America and South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemispher ...
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Forel, 1912
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Acanthoponera minor
''Acanthoponera minor'' is a species of ant belonging to the genus ''Acanthoponera''. Described in 1899 by Forel, the species is native to North America, Central America and South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Wes ...
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(Forel, 1899)
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Acanthoponera mucronata
''Acanthoponera mucronata'' is a species of ant belonging to the genus ''Acanthoponera''. Described in 1860 by Roger, the species is native to South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in t ...
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(Roger, 1860)
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Acanthoponera peruviana
''Acanthoponera peruviana'' is a species of ant belonging to the genus ''Acanthoponera''. Described in 1958 by Brown, the species is native to South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in t ...
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Brown, 1958
References
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External links
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How To Get Rid Of Argentine Ants
Heteroponerinae
Ant genera
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