''Cryptopone'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 ...
s in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Ponerinae
Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including ''Dinoponera gigantea'' - one of the world's largest species of ant. Mated workers have replaced the queen as the fun ...
.
The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), with the queens being slightly larger.
Species
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Cryptopone arabica''
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
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Cryptopone butteli''
Forel, 1913
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Cryptopone crassicornis''
(Emery, 1897)
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Cryptopone emeryi''
Donisthorpe, 1943
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Cryptopone fusciceps''
Emery, 1900
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Cryptopone gigas''
Wu & Wang, 1995
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Cryptopone gilva''
(Roger, 1863)
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Cryptopone guianensis''
(Weber, 1939)
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Cryptopone hartwigi''
Arnold, 1948
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Cryptopone holmgreni''
(Wheeler, 1925)
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Cryptopone jinxiuensis''
Zhou, 2001
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Cryptopone mirabilis''
MacKay & MacKay, 2010
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Cryptopone motschulskyi''
Donisthorpe, 1943
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Cryptopone nicobarensis''
Forel, 1905
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Cryptopone ochracea''
(Mayr, 1855)
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Cryptopone pseudogigas''
Zhou & Zheng, 1997
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Cryptopone recticlypea''
Xu, 1998
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Cryptopone rotundiceps''
(Emery, 1914)
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Cryptopone sauteri''
(Wheeler, 1906)
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Cryptopone sinensis''
Wang, 1992
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Cryptopone subterranea''
Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013
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Cryptopone taivanae''
(Forel, 1913)
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Cryptopone tengu''
Terayama, 1999
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Cryptopone testacea''
Emery, 1893
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Cryptopone typhlos''
(Karavaiev, 1935)
References
External links
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Ponerinae
Ant genera
{{Ponerinae-stub