Wadeura | |
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Wadeura guianensis worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Wadeura Weber, 1939 |
Type species | |
Wadeura guianensis Weber, 1939 | |
Diversity [1] | |
4 species |
Wadeura is a genus of ponerine ants containing four described species native to parts of Central and South America. [2] Originally described in 1939 by N. A. Weber, it was synonymized under Pachycondyla for a time, transferred to Cryptopone in 2014, and reinstated as a genus by Branstetter & Longino, 2022. [1]
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Pheidole branstetteri is a species of ant in the genus Pheidole. It was discovered and described by Longino, J. T. in 2009.
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Eurhopalothrix is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.
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