Phrynoponera gabonensis

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Phrynoponera gabonensis
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Phrynoponera gabonensis worker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Phrynoponera
Species:
P. gabonensis
Binomial name
Phrynoponera gabonensis
(André, 1892)

Phrynoponera gabonensis is an Afrotropical species of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae. P. gabonensis is the most common, widely distributed and frequently encountered member of the genus Phrynoponera . Specimens are usually retrieved from leaf litter samples but also occur in pitfall traps. The species is known to nest in and under rotten wood, in compacted soil and in termitaries. [1]

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