Biology:Subiridopone

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Subiridopone is a monotypic genus of ponerine ants described in 2025 containing the sole species Subiridopone subiridescens found in the Afrotropics. S. subiridescens was previously placed in the genus Mesoponera by Schmidt & Shattuck in 2014. Its scientific name means "slightly iridescent wicked ant" from sub + Latin irid + ancient Greek ponēra.[1]

References

  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. Bibcode2025ZooK.1264..281F. 

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