Fisheropone
| Fisheropone | |
|---|---|
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| Fisheropone ambiuga worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Fisheropone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 |
| Species: | Fisheropone ambigua |
| Binomial name | |
| F. ambigua (Weber, 1942) | |
| Type species | |
| Ponera ambigua Weber, 1942 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| Monotypic taxon | |
Fisheropone (named after Brian Fisher) is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Known from central Africa, it contains a single described species Fisheropone ambigua, and at least one undescribed species. Nothing is known about its biology.[2]
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2015). "Fisheropone". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ↑ Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.
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