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Ponera
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For the genus of orchids, see Ponera (plant).
Ponera is a genus of ponerine ants. The name is the Latinized form (Ponēra) of the Ancient Greek ponira (πονηρά, 'wicked, wretched').[2]
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Ponera | |
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Ponera sp. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Ponera Latreille, 1804 |
Type species | |
Formica coarctata Latreille, 1802 | |
Diversity[1] | |
66 species | |
Synonyms | |
Pseudocryptopone Wheeler, W.M., 1933 |
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