Ponerini
Tribe of ants
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Ponerini is a tribe of ponerine ants with 46 genera and 6 extinct genera.[1] It contains every ponerine genus except Platythyrea, which is placed in its own tribe Platythyreini.[2]
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| Fighting Harpegnathos saltator | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 61 genera | |
Genera
Extant
Pachycondyla genus group
- Belonopelta Mayr, 1870
- Dinoponera Roger, 186
- Mayaponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
- Neoponera Emery, 1901
- Pachycondyla Smith, 1858
- Rasopone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
- Simopelta Mann, 1922
- Thaumatomyrmex Mayr, 1887
Ponera genus group
- Austroponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
- Corrieopone Esteves & Fisher, 2021
- Diacamma Mayr, 1862
- Ectomomyrmex Mayr, 1867
- Emeryopone Forel, 1912
- Parvaponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
- Ponera Latreille, 1804
- Pseudoponera Emery, 1900
- Sritoponera Fisher et al. 2025
- Wadeura Weber, 1939
Odontomachus genus group
- Anochetus Mayr, 1861
- Asphinctopone Santschi, 1914
- Boltonopone Fisher et al. 2025
- Bothroponera Mayr, 1862
- Brachyponera Emery, 1900
- Buniapone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
- Cryptopone Emery, 1893
- Dolioponera Brown, 1974
- Euponera Forel, 1891
- Feroponera Bolton & Fisher, 2008
- Fisheropone Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
- Hagensia Forel, 1901
- Leptogenys Roger, 1861
- Makebapone Fisher et al. 2025
- Megaponera Mayr, 1862
- Mesoponera Emery, 1900
- Myopias Roger, 1861
- Odontomachus Latreille, 1804
- Odontoponera Mayr, 1862
- Ophthalmopone Forel, 1890
- Paltothyreus Mayr, 1862
- Phrynoponera Wheeler, 1920
- Promyopias Santschi, 1914
- Pseudoneoponera Donisthorpe, 1943
- Streblognathus Mayr, 1862
- Subiridopone Fisher et al. 2025
- Xiphopelta Forel, 1913
Harpegnathos genus group
- Harpegnathos Jerdon, 1851
Hypoponera genus group
- Hypoponera Santschi, 1938
Plectroctena genus group
- Boloponera Fisher, 2006
- Centromyrmex Mayr, 1866
- Loboponera Bolton & Brown, 2002
- Plectroctena Smith, 1858
- Psalidomyrmex André, 1890
Unknown genus group
- Igaponera Troya et al., 2022
Extinct
- †Archiponera Carpenter, 1930
- †Cephalopone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012[3]
- †Cyrtopone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012[3]
- †Desyopone Boudinot & Perrichot, 2022
- †Messelepone Dlussky & Wedmann, 2012[3]
- †Ponerites Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003
- †Protopone Dlussky, 1988[3]
- †Siinikaponera Varela-Hernández et al., 2024
Phylogeny
The maximum-probability molecular cladogram of the tribe constructed by Fisher et al. in 2025 is shown here. All genera are represented except for Igaponera, which is only known from a single queen specimen. Six unofficial genus groups are recognized by the authors, namely the Pachycondyla, Ponera, Harpegnathos, Plectroctena, Hypoponera, and Odontomachus groups. [4] These genus groups are also referred to as alliances.[5]
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Notes
- This monotypic genus currently contains the species currently known as Neoponera bucki, which is not a true Neoponera species, however it has not yet been formally described as of 2025.
