Hagensia
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| Hagensia | |
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| Hagensia havilandi worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Alliance: | Odontomachus genus group |
| Genus: | Hagensia Forel, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Megaloponera havilandi Forel, 1901 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 2 species | |
Hagensia is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Its two species are known only from coastal areas in South Africa. Workers are large (10.5–13.0 mm); queens are unknown, but gamergates (reproductive female workers) occurs in both species.[2]
