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Typical Ponerine Ants
Ponerini
Ponerini is a tribe of Ponerinae ants with 46 genera and 6 extinct genera.
53 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Typical Trap-jaw Ants
genusOdontomachus

Neoponera Panther Ants
genusNeoponera

Diacamma
genusDiacamma

Brachyponera
genusBrachyponera

Razorjaw Ants
genusLeptogenys

Odontoponera
genusOdontoponera

Pachycondyla Panther Ants
genusPachycondyla

Crypt Ants
genusHypoponera

Porthole Ants
genusPonera

Pseudoneoponera
genusPseudoneoponera

Ectomomyrmex
genusEctomomyrmex

Giant Amazonian Ants
genusDinoponera

Anochetus Trap-jaw Ants
genusAnochetus

Paltothyreus
genusPaltothyreus

Megaponera
genusMegaponera

Harpegnathos
genusHarpegnathos

Plectroctena
genusPlectroctena

Austroponera
genusAustroponera

Boltonopone
genusBoltonopone

Pit-jawed Ants
genusCryptopone

Rugged Ringbum Ants
genusBothroponera

Mesoponera
genusMesoponera

Pseudoponera Wolf Ants
genusPseudoponera

Ophthalmopone
genusOphthalmopone

Fisheropone
genusFisheropone

Streblognathus
genusStreblognathus

Mayaponera
genusMayaponera

Hag Ants
genusHagensia

Parvaponera
genusParvaponera

Centromyrmex
genusCentromyrmex

Myopias
genusMyopias

Buniapone
genusBuniapone

Makebapone
genusMakebapone

Thaumatomyrmex
genusThaumatomyrmex

Rasopone
genusRasopone

Wadeura
genusWadeura

Emeryopone
genusEmeryopone

Simopelta Army Ants
genusSimopelta

Phrynoponera
genusPhrynoponera

Psalidomyrmex
genusPsalidomyrmex

Xiphopelta
genusXiphopelta
Euponera
genusEuponera

Corrieopone
genusCorrieopone

Belonopelta
genusBelonopelta

Asphinctopone
genusAsphinctopone
Boloponera
genusBoloponera
Dolioponera
genusDolioponera
Loboponera
genusLoboponera

Promyopias
genusPromyopias
Igaponera
genusIgaponera
Sritoponera
genusSritoponera
Subiridopone
genusSubiridopone
Feroponera
genusFeroponera
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Ponerini in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 637438.