Heteroponerinae | |
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Heteroponera brouni worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: |
Heteroponerinae Bolton, 2003 |
Tribe: |
Heteroponerini Bolton, 2003 |
Type genus | |
Heteroponera Mayr |
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Diversity | |
3 genera |
Heteroponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing three genera in one tribe. The subfamily was created in 2003 when Barry Bolton divided the Ponerinae subfamily into six subfamilies.