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Ponerinae

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Pachycondyla harpax
species of insect
Psalidomyrmex
Psalidomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus is known from Sub-Saharan Africa, where colonies nest in rotten wood.
Leptogenys yerburyi
species of insect
Leptogenys pruinosa
species of insect
Diacamma ceylonense
species of insect
Odontomachus spinifer
species of insect (fossil)
Streblognathus
Streblognathus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus contains two species found in southern Africa.
Anochetus corayi
species of insect (fossil)
Odontomachus ruginodis
species of insect
Emeryopone
Emeryopone is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus is distributed in Asia, from Israel to Indonesia. Little is known about their biology, and males remain unknown.
Anochetus goodmani
species of insect
Ponerini
Ponerini is a tribe of ponerine ants with 46 genera and 6 extinct genera. It contains every ponerine genus except Platythyrea, which is placed in its own tribe Platythyreini.
Platythyrea punctata
species of insect
Plectroctena mandibularis
Ant species of East and southern Africa
Ponera pennsylvanica
species of insect
Odontomachus simillimus
species of insect
Anochetus consultans
species of insect
Odontomachus pseudobauri
species of insect (fossil)
Anochetus yerburyi
species of insect
Odontomachus clarus
species of insect
Anochetus longifossatus
species of insect
Hypoponera opaciceps
species of insect
Brachyponera chinensis
species of ant
Hypoponera ergatandria
species of insect
Anochetus pangens
species of insect
Ponera exotica
species of insect
Pachycondyla sennaarensis
species of insect
Anochetus paripungens
species of insect
Hypoponera confinis
species of insect
Phrynoponera bequaerti
species of insect
Hypoponera ceylonensis
species of insect
Platythyrea parallela
species of insect
Phrynoponera gabonensis
species of insect
Hypoponera taprobanae
species of insect
Anochetus boltoni
species of insect
Ectomomyrmex
Ectomomyrmex is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey.
Feroponera ferox
Feroponera is a monotypic Afrotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae containing the single species Feroponera ferox. The genus is known only from a few specimens collected from an unoccupied termitary in Cameroon.
Platythyrea clypeata
species of insect
Odontomachus cornutus
species of insect
Anochetus pattersoni
species of insect
Belonopelta
Belonopelta is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus contains two species: B. deletrix is known from Mesoamerica and Colombia, while B. attenuata is only known from Colombia. Members of this genus are rarely collected, and little is known about their habits. Males remain unknown for both species, and queens and larvae have only been described for B. deletrix.
Anochetus brevidentatus
species of insect (fossil)
Neoponera
Neoponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Restricted to the Neotropics, the genus is found from southern Texas (United States) to southern Brazil. Workers are slender, and medium to large in size (6.5–19 mm); queens are similar to workers but larger and winged. thumb|Neoponera villosa
Phrynoponera pulchella
species of insect
Odontoponera
Odontoponera is a small Southeast Asia genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
Buniapone
Buniapone is a monotypic genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Buniapone amblyops, the single described species, is found in Southern and Southeast Asia.
Promyopias silvestrii
Promyopias is an Afrotropical genus of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae containing the single species Promyopias silvestrii. The rare genus has previously been regarded as a separate genus, as a subgenus and as a provisional synonymy, but was reinstated at genus-rank in 2008.
Odontomachus relictus
species of insect
Pachycondyla succinea
species of insect (fossil)
Ponera testacea
species of insect
Asphinctopone differens
species of insect
Paltothyreus
Paltothyreus (also known as African stink ant) is a monotypic genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Paltothyreus tarsatus, the single described species, is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Workers are very large in size (17–20 mm); queens are similar to workers, but larger (23 mm) and winged.
Phrynoponera transversa
species of insect
Austroponera
Austroponera is a ponerine genus of ants found in Australia and New Zealand, hence the prefix "Austro-".
Brachyponera
Brachyponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.