| Heteroponera | |
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| Heteroponera brounii worker from New Zealand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Heteroponerini |
| Genus: | Heteroponera Mayr, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Heteroponera carinifrons Mayr, 1887 | |
| Diversity | |
| 28 species | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Anacanthoponera Wheeler, 1923 | |
Heteroponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily of Ectatomminae. The genus is known to originate from the Neotropics (from Costa Rica to Uruguay and Chile) and Australasia.
