Heteroponera

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Heteroponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily of Ectatomminae.[2] The genus is known to originate from the Neotropics (from Costa Rica to Uruguay and Chile) and Australasia.[3]

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Heteroponera
Heteroponera brounii worker from New Zealand
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Heteroponerini
Genus: Heteroponera
Mayr, 1887
Type species
Heteroponera carinifrons
Mayr, 1887
Diversity[1]
28 species
Synonyms

Anacanthoponera Wheeler, 1923
Paranomopone Wheeler, 1915

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