Cryptopone

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Cryptopone
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Cryptopone gilva worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:
Cryptopone

Emery, 1893
Type species
Cryptopone testacea
Emery, 1893
Diversity[1]
25 species
Synonyms

Wadeura Weber, 1939

Cryptopone is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.[2] The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), with the queens being slightly larger.[3]

Species[]

  • Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
  • Forel, 1913
  • (Emery, 1897)
  • Donisthorpe, 1943
  • Emery, 1900
  • Wu & Wang, 1995
  • (Roger, 1863)
  • (Weber, 1939)
  • Arnold, 1948
  • (Wheeler, 1925)
  • Zhou, 2001
  • MacKay & MacKay, 2010
  • Donisthorpe, 1943
  • Forel, 1905
  • (Mayr, 1855)
  • Zhou & Zheng, 1997
  • Xu, 1998
  • (Emery, 1914)
  • (Wheeler, 1906)
  • Wang, 1992
  • Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013
  • (Forel, 1913)
  • Terayama, 1999
  • Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893
  • (Karavaiev, 1935)

References[]

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Cryptopone". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Genus: Cryptopone". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  3. ^ 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". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.

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