Mayaponera
Mayaponera | |
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M. constricta worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Mayaponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 |
Species: | Mayaponera constricta |
Binomial name | |
M. constricta Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 | |
Type species | |
Ponera constricta Mayr, 1884 | |
Diversity[1] | |
Monotypic taxon |
Mayaponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. It contains the single species Mayaponera constricta, found in Central and South America. Workers are slender and medium in size (6–7.5 mm).[2]
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2015). "Mayaponera". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ↑ 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.
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