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Ponerini

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Ponerini
Fighting Harpegnathos saltator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835
Genera

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Diversity
46 genera
6 extinct genera

Ponerini is a tribe of ponerine ants with 46 genera and 6 extinct genera.[1] It contains every ponerine genus except Platythyrea, which is placed in its own tribe Platythyreini.[2]

Genera

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References

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  1. ^ Bolton, Barry. "An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton". antcat.org. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. ^ Schmidt, Chris A.; Shattuck, Steven O. (18 June 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. Retrieved 3 December 2024.