Igaponera

Igaponera
Igaponera curiosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Alliance:	Pachycondyla genus group
Genus:	Igaponera Troya, Marcineiro, Lattke & Longino, 2022
Type species
Pachycondyla curiosa, now Igaponera curiosa
Diversity
1 species (Species Checklist, Species by Country)

Evolutionary Relationships

Ponerinae Platythyreini Platythyrea Ponerini Simopelta Belonopelta Thaumatomyrmex Mayaponera Rasopone Neoponera Dinoponera Pachycondyla Diacamma Emeryopone Ponera Ectomomyrmex Cryptopone hartwigi Austroponera Parvaponera Pseudoponera Harpegnathos Hypoponera Centromyrmex Psalidomyrmex Loboponera Boloponera Plectroctena Asphinctopone Leptogenys Myopias Mesoponera melanaria Bothroponera Hagensia Buniapone Paltothyreus Promyopias Pseudoneoponera Streblognathus Brachyponera Cryptopone gilva, testacea Euponera Fisheropone Phrynoponera Anochetus Odontomachus Megaponera Ophthalmopone Mesoponera ambigua Odontoponera

Relationships among genera of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (extant taxa only, except Dolioponera, Feroponera and Iroponera) based on Schmidt & Shattuck (2014) and Longino & Branstetter (2020).

Identification

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• IGAPONERA [Ponerinae: Ponerini]
  • Igaponera Troya, Marcineiro, Lattke & Longino, 2022: 89, fig. 3. Type-species: Pachycondyla curiosa, by original designation.

References

• Troya, A., Marcineiro, F., Lattke, J.E. & Longino, J. 2022. Igaponera curiosa, a new ponerine genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Amazon. European Journal of Taxonomy 823: 82–101 (doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.823.1817).