Ponerinae
| Ponerinae Temporal range: Turonian-Recent |
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| Fighting Harpegnathos saltator | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
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Ponerinae Lepeletier, 1835 |
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Ponera |
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| Diversity | |
| 59 genera | |
Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including Dinoponera gigantea - one of the world's largest species of ant.
They are most easily identified from other subfamilies by a constricted gaster (abdomen). They are rare examples of stinging ants.
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