Biology:Makebapone
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Makebapone is a genus of ponerine ants containing two species found in the Afrotropics. Described in 2025, its species were previously placed in the genus Mesoponera by Schmidt & Shattuck in 2014. It is named after the South African singer Miriam Makeba, and its grammatical gender is feminine. Its appearance is generally similar to that of Mesoponera, except for a few differences like a shorter masticatory margin with low teeth, a broadly rounded and inflated clypeus, a slit-shaped propodeal spiracle, an evenly convex subpetiolar process, and a short and downturned prora.[1]
Species
Makebapone contains two valid species as of 2025.[1]
- Makebapone caffraria (Smith, 1858)
- Makebapone ingesta (Wheeler, 1922)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399. PMID 41458144. Bibcode: 2025ZooK.1264..281F.
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