''Mesoponera'' is an
Old World
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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
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s in the
subfamily
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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 gigantea'' - one of the world's largest species of ant. Mated workers have replac ...
. It is found in the tropics, from Sub-Saharan Africa to Australia.
Species
*''
Mesoponera ambigua''
(André, 1890)
*''
Mesoponera australis''
(Forel, 1900)
*''
Mesoponera caffraria
''Mesoponera'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. It is found in the tropics, from Sub-Saharan Africa to Australia.
Species
*''Mesoponera ambigua'' (André, 1890)
*''Mesoponera australis'' (Forel, 1900)
*''Mesoponera caff ...
''
(Smith, 1858)
*''
Mesoponera elisae''
(Forel, 1891)
*''
Mesoponera escherichi''
(Forel, 1910)
*''
Mesoponera flavopilosa''
(Weber, 1942)
*''
Mesoponera ingesta''
(Wheeler, 1922)
*''
Mesoponera manni''
(Viehmeyer, 1924)
*''
Mesoponera melanaria''
(Emery, 1893)
*''
Mesoponera nimba''
(Bernard, 1953)
*''
Mesoponera novemdentata''
(Bernard, 1953)
*''
Mesoponera papuana''
(Viehmeyer, 1914)
*''
Mesoponera picea''
(Bernard, 1953)
*''
Mesoponera rubra''
(Smith, 1857)
*''
Mesoponera scolopax''
(Emery, 1899)
*''
Mesoponera senegalensis''
(Santschi, 1914)
*''
Mesoponera subiridescens''
(Wheeler, 1922)
*''
Mesoponera testacea''
(Bernard, 1953)
*''
Mesoponera villiersi''
(Bernard, 1953)
*''
Mesoponera weberi''
(Bernard, 1953)
References
Ponerinae
Ant genera
Taxa named by Carlo Emery
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