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Makebapone
Makebapone is a genus of ponerine ants containing two species found in the Afrotropics. Described in 2025, its species were previously placed in the genus Mesoponera by Schmidt & Shattuck in 2014. It is named after the South African singer Miriam Makeba, and its grammatical gender is feminine. Its appearance is generally similar to that of Mesoponera, except for a few differences like a shorter masticatory margin with low teeth, a broadly rounded and inflated clypeus,...
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1659228.