Fisheropone

Fisheropone
Fisheropone ambigua AntWeb 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: Fisheropone
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Type species
Ponera ambigua
Weber, 1942
Diversity
13 species

Fisheropone is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Known from sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, members of the genus are poorly known. The genus is named after myrmecologist Brian Fisher.

Species

As of 2026, the genus contains 13 described species and at least one undescribed species. Ten species were transferred here from Euponera in 2025 after molecular phylogenetic analysis proved the latter polyphyletic.

Described

Undescribed

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2026). "Fisheropone". AntCat. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  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.
  3. 1 2 Fisher, Brian L.; Branstetter, Michael G.; Blaimer, Bonnie B.; Borowiec, Marek L.; Camacho, Gabriela P.; Doré, Maël; Ward, Philip S.; Longino, John T. (19 December 2025). "A genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". ZooKeys (1264): 281–349. Bibcode:2025ZooK.1264..281F. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399. PMC 12743250. PMID 41458144.
  4. ↑ "Genus: Fisheropone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014". AntWeb. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 February 2026.