| Mesoponera | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Mesoponera melanaria worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Alliance: | Odontomachus genus group |
| Genus: | Mesoponera Emery, 1900 |
| Type species | |
| Ponera melanaria Emery, 1893 | |
| Diversity [1] | |
| 6 species | |
Mesoponera is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. It is found in the tropics, from Sub-Saharan Africa to Australia. [2]