Fisheropone

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Fisheropone
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Fisheropone ambigua specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Fisheropone
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Type species
Ponera ambigua
Weber, 1942
Diversity [1]
2 species

Fisheropone is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Known from central Africa, it contains two described species and at least one undescribed species. [2] The genus is named after myrmecologist Brian Fisher. Nothing is known about its biology. [3]

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Species

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Undescribed

Fisheropone afr01

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2024). "Fisheropone". AntCat. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. "Genus: Fisheropone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014". AntWeb. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  3. 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.