''Tetraponera nigra'' is a

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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 ...

of the subfamily

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, which can be found in

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, and

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Subspecies

*''Tetraponera rufonigra ceylonensis'' (Forel, 1909) *''Tetraponera rufonigra rufonigra'' (Jerdon, 1851) *''Tetraponera rufonigra testaceonigra'' (Forel, 1903) *''Tetraponera rufonigra yeensis'' (Forel, 1902)

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