Hypoponera

Small ants that are generally found at or just under the ground surface. They nest in rotten wood, the leaf litter, under ground objects and in the soil.

Nomenclature

 *  HYPOPONERA [Ponerinae: Ponerini]
 * Hypoponera Santschi, 1938b: 79 [as subgenus of Ponera]. Type-species: Ponera abeillei, by original designation.
 * Hypoponera raised to genus: Taylor, 1967a: 9.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Bolton & Fisher 2011.pdf|Bolton, B. & Fisher, B.L. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi. Zootaxa 2843: 1-118. PDF]]