''Stictoponera'' is a genus of
ants
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 ...
in the subfamily
Ectatomminae
Ectatomminae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing four extant and three extinct genera in two tribes. The subfamily was described in 2003 when Barry Bolton divided the Ponerinae
Ponerinae, the ponerine a ...
. They are found in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
and
Oceania
Oceania ( , ) is a region, geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Outside of the English-speaking world, Oceania is generally considered a continent, while Mainland Australia is regarded as its co ...
.
The genus was synonymized under ''
Gnamptogenys'' for a long time, however Camacho et al. 2022 reinstated the validity of this genus.
Species
As of 2024, ''Stictoponera'' contains 43 valid
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
, all of which are extant.
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Stictoponera bicolor''
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Stictoponera biloba''
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Stictoponera binghamii''
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Stictoponera biroi''
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Stictoponera bulbopila''
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Stictoponera chapmani''
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Stictoponera coccina''
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Stictoponera coxalis''
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Stictoponera crassicornis''
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Stictoponera delta''
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Stictoponera dentihumera''
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Stictoponera fistulosa''
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Stictoponera fontana''
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Stictoponera gabata''
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Stictoponera gastrodeia''
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Stictoponera grammodes''
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Stictoponera helisa''
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Stictoponera hyalina''
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Stictoponera lacunosa''
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Stictoponera laevior''
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Stictoponera lattkei''
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Stictoponera leiolabia''
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Stictoponera macretes''
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Stictoponera meghalaya''
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Stictoponera menadensis
''Stictoponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae. They are found in Southeast Asia and Oceania. The genus was synonymized under ''Gnamptogenys'' for a long time, however Camacho et al. 2022 reinstated the validity of this genus. S ...
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Stictoponera nanlingensis''
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Stictoponera niuguinensis''
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Stictoponera ortostoma''
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Stictoponera palamala''
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Stictoponera panda''
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Stictoponera paso''
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Stictoponera pertusa''
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Stictoponera polytreta''
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Stictoponera posteropsis''
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Stictoponera quadrutinodules''
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Stictoponera rugodens''
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Stictoponera scalpta''
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Stictoponera sichuanensis''
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Stictoponera sinensis''
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Stictoponera sinhala''
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Stictoponera taivanensis''
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Stictoponera toronates''
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Stictoponera treta''
References
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Taxa named by Gustav Mayr
Insects described in 1887
Insects of Southeast Asia
Ants
Insects of Oceania