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''Igaponera'' is a
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
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 species of ant. Mated workers have replaced ...
ants native to Amazonas described in 2022 containing one species ''Igaponera curiosa''. First described in 2010 as ''Pachycondyla curiosa'' in 2010, ''I. curiosa'' was placed in '' Neoponera'' for a short time in 2021 before its current placement by Troya et al. 2022.


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Insects described in 2022 Ponerinae Monotypic ant genera {{Ponerinae-stub