Biology:Loboponera

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Short description: Genus of ants

Loboponera
Loboponera vigilans casent0003107 profile 1.jpg
Loboponera vigilans worker from Gabon
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Loboponera
Bolton & Brown, 2002
Type species
Loboponera vigilans
Diversity[1]
9 species

Loboponera is an Afrotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae with nine recognized species.[2] The genus is found in central and western Africa, from Ivory Coast to Rwanda. Little is known about their biology.[3]

Species

  • Loboponera basalis Bolton & Brown, 2002
  • Loboponera edentula Bolton & Brown, 2002
  • Loboponera nasica (Santschi, 1920)
  • Loboponera nobiliae Fisher, 2006
  • Loboponera obeliscata Bolton & Brown, 2002
  • Loboponera politula Bolton & Brown, 2002
  • Loboponera subatra Bolton & Brown, 2002
  • Loboponera trica Bolton & Brown, 2002
  • Loboponera vigilans Bolton & Brown, 2002

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Loboponera". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/430094. 
  2. "Genus: Loboponera". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Loboponera&rank=genus&project=allantwebants. Retrieved 29 September 2013. 
  3. 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. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10319475 entry