Fisheropone

Fisheropone
Fisheropone ambigua AntWeb specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Alliance:	Odontomachus genus group
Genus:	Fisheropone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Type species
Ponera ambigua Weber, 1942
Diversity [1]
13 species

Fisheropone is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Known from sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, members of the genus are poorly known. The genus is named after myrmecologist Brian Fisher. ^{[2] [3]}

Species

As of 2026, the genus contains 13 described species and at least one undescribed species. ^[4] Ten species were transferred here from Euponera in 2025 after molecular phylogenetic analysis proved the latter polyphyletic. ^[3]

Described

• Fisheropone aenigmatica (Arnold, 1949)
• Fisheropone ambigua (Weber, 1942)
• Fisheropone brunoi (Forel, 1913)
• Fisheropone fossigera (Mayr, 1901)
• Fisheropone hartwigi (Arnold, 1948)
• Fisheropone malayana (Wheeler, 1929)
• Fisheropone pallidipennis (Smith, 1860)
• Fisheropone pilosior (Wheeler, 1928)
• Fisheropone sakishimensis (Terayama, 1999)
• Fisheropone sharpi (Forel, 1901)
• Fisheropone tianzun (Terayama, 2009)
• Fisheropone tynara (Fisher, 2025)
• Fisheropone wroughtonii (Forel, 1901)

Undescribed

• Fisheropone afr02

References

1. Bolton, B. (2026). "Fisheropone". AntCat. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
2. 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.
3. Fisher, Brian L.; Branstetter, Michael G.; Blaimer, Bonnie B.; Borowiec, Marek L.; Camacho, Gabriela P.; Doré, Maël; Ward, Philip S.; Longino, John T. (19 December 2025). "A genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". ZooKeys (1264): 281–349. Bibcode:2025ZooK.1264..281F. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399 . PMC   12743250 . PMID   41458144.
4. "Genus: Fisheropone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014". AntWeb. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 February 2026.