''Cryptopone'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ponerine
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 replaced ...
ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant.
The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), with the queens being slightly larger.
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Wadeura
''Wadeura'' is a genus of ponerine ants containing four described species native to parts of Central and South America. Originally described in 1939 by N. A. Weber, it was synonymized under ''Pachycondyla
''Pachycondyla'' is a Ponerinae, pon ...
'' was previously synonymized under this genus, however, its two species (now four) were separated out again by Branstetter & Longino, 2022.
Species
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Cryptopone arabica''
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
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Cryptopone butteli''
Forel, 1913
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Cryptopone crassicornis''
(Emery, 1897)
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Cryptopone fusciceps''
Emery, 1900
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Cryptopone gigas''
Wu & Wang, 1995
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Cryptopone gilva''
(Roger, 1863)
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Cryptopone gilvagrande
''Cryptopone'' is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant. The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), wi ...
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Branstetter & Longino, 2022
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Cryptopone gilvatumida
''Cryptopone'' is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant. The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), wi ...
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Branstetter & Longino, 2022
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Cryptopone guatemalensis''
(Forel, 1899)
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Cryptopone jinxiuensis''
Zhou, 2001
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Cryptopone mirabilis''
MacKay & MacKay, 2010
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Cryptopone motschulskyi''
Donisthorpe, 1943
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Cryptopone nicobarensis''
Forel, 1905
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Cryptopone ochracea
''Cryptopone'' is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant. The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), wi ...
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(Mayr, 1855)
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Cryptopone pseudogigas''
Zhou & Zheng, 1997
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Cryptopone recticlypea''
Xu, 1998
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Cryptopone rotundiceps''
(Emery, 1914)
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Cryptopone sauteri
''Cryptopone'' is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant. The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), wi ...
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(Wheeler, 1906)
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Cryptopone sinensis
''Cryptopone'' is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant. The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), wi ...
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Wang, 1992
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Cryptopone subterranea
''Cryptopone'' is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant. The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), wi ...
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Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013
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Cryptopone taivanae
''Cryptopone'' is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant. The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), wi ...
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(Forel, 1913)
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Cryptopone tengu
''Cryptopone'' is a genus of ponerine
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 sp ...
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Terayama, 1999
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Cryptopone testacea
''Cryptopone testacea'', is a species of ant of the subfamily 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 gigante ...
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Emery, 1893
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Cryptopone typhlos
''Cryptopone'' is a genus of ponerine ants containing 23 valid species, all of which are extant. The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), wi ...
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(Karavaiev, 1935)
References
External links
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Ponerinae
Ant genera
Taxa named by Carlo Emery
{{Ponerinae-stub