Euponera

Euponera
Euponera sikorae AntWeb alate queen specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Alliance: Grup genus Odontomachus
Genus: Euponera
Forel, 1891
Type species
Ponera sikorae
Forel, 1891
Diversity
15 species

Euponera is a genus of ponerine ants distributed widely throughout the Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms. Workers of Euponera are large (6–10.5 mm) while queens are similar to workers, though larger and winged.

Species

As of 2026, the genus possesses 16 valid species. It used to contain many more species, however those were all transferred away into different genera over time.

References

  1. 1 2 Bolton, B. (2015). "Euponera". AntCat. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 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.