Biology:Rasopone

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Short description: Genus of ants

Rasopone
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Rasopone lunaris worker
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Rasopone
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Type species
Ponera ferruginea
Smith, F., 1858[1]
Diversity[2]
11 species

Rasopone is genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus is restricted to Central and South America.[3]

Species

  • Rasopone arhuaca (Forel, 1901)
  • Rasopone becculata MacKay & MacKay, 2010
  • Rasopone breviscapa MacKay & MacKay, 2010
  • Rasopone cernua MacKay & MacKay, 2010
  • Rasopone conicula MacKay & MacKay, 2010
  • Rasopone ferruginea (Smith, 1858)
  • Rasopone longidentata MacKay & MacKay, 2010
  • Rasopone lunaris (Emery, 1896)
  • Rasopone minuta (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  • Rasopone pergandei (Forel, 1909)
  • Rasopone rupinicola MacKay & MacKay, 2010


References

  1. Smith, Frederick (1858). "Ponera ferruginea". Formicidæ. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 100. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18304100. 
  2. Bolton, B. (2015). "Rasopone". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/461835. 
  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. 

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