Dolioponera
| Dolioponera | |
|---|---|
 | |
| D. fustigera worker from Cameroon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Dolioponera Brown, 1974 |
| Species: | D. fustigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolioponera fustigera Brown, 1974 | |
| Type species | |
| Dolioponera fustigera | |
Dolioponera is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Ponerinae containing the single species Dolioponera fustigera.[1] The genus is known only from a few specimens from west and central Africa. Little is known about their biology, and males remain unknown.[2]
References
- ↑ "Genus: Dolioponera". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ 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.
External links
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