Mayaponera

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Mayaponera
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M. constricta worker
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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]

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References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Mayaponera". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  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" (PDF). Zootaxa . 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID   24943802. S2CID   4540972. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-24.