Euponera
| Euponera | |
|---|---|
| Euponera sikorae AntWeb alate queen specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Alliance: | Odontomachus genus group |
| Genus: | Euponera Forel, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| Ponera sikorae[1] Forel, 1891
| |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 15 species | |
Euponera is a genus of ponerine ants distributed widely throughout the Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms. Workers of Euponera are large (6–10.5 mm) while queens are similar to workers, though larger and winged.[2]
Species
As of 2026, the genus possesses 16 valid species. It used to contain many more species, however those were all transferred away into different genera over time.[1]
- Euponera agnivo Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera antsiraka (Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013)
- Euponera daraina Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera gorogota Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera haratsingy Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera ivolo Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera maeva Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera mialy Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera nosy Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera rovana Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera sikorae (Forel, 1891)
- Euponera sjostedti (Mayr, 1896)
- Euponera tahary Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera vohitravo Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
- Euponera zoro Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013
References
- ^ a b Bolton, B. (2015). "Euponera". AntCat. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
- ^ a b Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.