Biology:Pseudoneoponera rufipes

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Short description: Species of ant

Pseudoneoponera rufipes
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Pseudoneoponera
Species:
P. rufipes
Binomial name
Pseudoneoponera rufipes
(Jerdon, 1851)

Pseudoneoponera rufipes is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae. It is found in southern and eastern Asia. Like other ants in the genus, they extrude a foam when disturbed.[1]

Strings of foam can be seen nearby

Subspecies

  • Pseudoneoponera rufipes ceylonensis (Jerdon, 1851) - Sri Lanka
  • Pseudoneoponera rufipes rufipes Forel, 1911 - India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, China [2]

References

  1. Maschwitz, Ulrich; Jessen, Karla; Maschwitz, Eleonore (1981). "Foaming in Pachycondyla: A New Defense Mechanism in Ants". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 9 (1): 79–81. ISSN 0340-5443. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4599414. 
  2. "Pseudoneoponera rufipes". http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Pseudoneoponera_rufipes. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q20721119 entry