Mayaponera

Mayaponera
Mayaponera constricta worker
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus:
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014[1]
Type species
Ponera constricta
Mayr, 1884
Diversity[2]
7 species

Mayaponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.

Species

Species accepted as of May 2025:[2]

  • Mayaponera arhuaca
  • Mayaponera becculata
  • Mayaponera cernua
  • Mayaponera conicula
  • Mayaponera constricta
  • Mayaponera longidentata
  • Mayaponera pergandei

References

  1. ^ Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802. S2CID 4540972. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-24.
  2. ^ a b Bolton, B. (2025). "Mayaponera". AntCat. Retrieved 31 May 2025.