''Heteroponera'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 ...
s in the
subfamily Heteroponerinae.
The genus is known from the
Neotropics
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Definition
In bioge ...
(from
Costa Rica to
Uruguay
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and
Chile
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) and
Australasia
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.
Species
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Heteroponera angulata''
Borgmeier, 1959
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Heteroponera brounii''
(Forel, 1892)
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Heteroponera carinifrons''
Mayr, 1887
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Heteroponera crozieri''
Taylor, 2011
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Heteroponera darlingtonorum''
Taylor, 2015
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Heteroponera dentinodis''
(Mayr, 1887)
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Heteroponera dolo''
(Roger, 1860)
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Heteroponera ecarinata''
Taylor, 2015
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Heteroponera flava''
Kempf, 1962
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Heteroponera georgesi''
Perrault, 1999
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Heteroponera imbellis''
(Emery, 1895)
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Heteroponera inca''
Brown, 1958
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Heteroponera inermis''
(Emery, 1894)
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Heteroponera leae''
(Wheeler, 1923)
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Heteroponera lioprocta''
Taylor, 2015
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Heteroponera majeri''
Taylor, 2011
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Heteroponera mayri''
Kempf, 1962
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Heteroponera microps''
Borgmeier, 1957
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Heteroponera monteithi''
Taylor, 2015
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Heteroponera monticola''
Kempf & Brown, 1970
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Heteroponera panamensis''
(Forel, 1899)
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Heteroponera pendergrasti''
Taylor, 2015
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Heteroponera relicta''
(Wheeler, 1915)
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Heteroponera rhodopygea''
Taylor, 2015
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Heteroponera robusta''
Kempf, 1962
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Heteroponera trachypyx''
Taylor, 2015
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Heteroponera viviennae''
Taylor, 2015
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Heteroponera wilsoni''
Taylor, 2015
References
External links
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Heteroponerinae
Ant genera
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