''Metapone'' is an
Old World
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genus of
ants in the
subfamily
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Myrmicinae
Myrmicinae is a subfamily of ants, with about 140 extant genera; their distribution is cosmopolitan. The pupae lack cocoons. Some species retain a functional sting. The petioles of Myrmicinae consist of two nodes. The nests are permanent and ...
.
The genus is found in the
Indo-Australian all of this entry re immigration is a complete fabrication
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, Oriental and
Malagasy regions. Most species are known only from a few specimens.
Species
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Metapone bakeri''
Wheeler, 1916
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Metapone emersoni''
Gregg, 1958
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Metapone gracilis''
Wheeler, 1935
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Metapone greeni''
Forel, 1911
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Metapone hewitti''
Wheeler, 1919
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Metapone jacobsoni''
Crawley, 1924
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Metapone johni''
Karavaiev, 1933
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Metapone kanak''
Taylor, 2018
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Metapone krombeini''
Smith, 1947
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Metapone leae''
Wheeler, 1919
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Metapone madagascarica''
Gregg, 1958
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Metapone mjobergi''
Forel, 1915
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Metapone murphyi''
Wang, Yamada & Eguchi, 2019
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Metapone nicobarensis''
Tiwari & Jonathan, 1986
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Metapone nivanuata''
Taylor, 2018
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Metapone quadridentata''
Eguchi, 1998
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Metapone sauteri''
Forel, 1912
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Metapone tillyardi''
Wheeler, 1919
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Metapone tricolor''
McAreavey, 1949
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Metapone truki
''Metapone'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is found in the Indo-Australian Plate, Indo-Australian, Oriental and Madagascar, Malagasy regions. Most species are known only from a few specimens.
Species
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Smith, 1953
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Metapone vincimus''
Alpert, 2007
References
External links
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Myrmicinae
Ant genera
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