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Odontoponera

Schmidt, C. A.;Shattuck, S. O.

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Odontoponera

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Odontoponera is a small Southeast Asia genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHymenoptera
  5. FamilyFormicidae
Observations2,960

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
46
Family
Formicidae
Collections
USNM, OMNH
Recorded in
Myanmar, Philippines

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Ponerini
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Primitive stinging Ant (Odontoponera sp.) feeds on an Earthworm (Lumbricina) (5219377199).jpg
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Commons category
Odontoponera
taxon name
Odontoponera
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Odontoponera
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Distribution
  • Taxonomy
  • Species
  • References
  • External links

Odontoponera is a small Southeast Asia genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.

==Description== Workers are medium in size (9–12 mm); queens are similar to workers but larger (11–13 mm) and winged.

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