''Hypoponera punctatissima'', or Roger's ant, is a
species
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of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...
in the
family
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Formicidae.
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Subspecies
These three subspecies
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belong to the species ''Hypoponera punctatissima'':
* ''Hypoponera punctatissima indifferens'' (Forel, 1895) i c g
* ''Hypoponera punctatissima jugata'' (Forel, 1892) i c g
* ''Hypoponera punctatissima punctatissima'' (Roger, 1859) i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
References
Further reading
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Ponerinae
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Insects described in 1859
Taxa named by Julius Roger
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Hymenoptera of New Zealand
Ants of New Zealand