''Loboponera'' is an
Afrotropical
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genus
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of
ants in the
subfamily
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Ponerinae with nine recognized
species
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.
The genus is found in central and western Africa, from
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
to
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
. Little is known about their biology.
Species
* ''
Loboponera basalis''
Bolton & Brown, 2002
* ''
Loboponera edentula''
Bolton & Brown, 2002
* ''
Loboponera nasica''
(Santschi, 1920)
* ''
Loboponera nobiliae''
Fisher, 2006
* ''
Loboponera obeliscata''
Bolton & Brown, 2002
* ''
Loboponera politula''
Bolton & Brown, 2002
* ''
Loboponera subatra''
Bolton & Brown, 2002
* ''
Loboponera trica''
Bolton & Brown, 2002
* ''
Loboponera vigilans
''Loboponera'' is an Afrotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae with nine recognized species. The genus is found in central and western Africa, from Ivory Coast to Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic o ...
''
Bolton & Brown, 2002
References
External links
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Ponerinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Africa
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