Iroponera
| Iroponera | |
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| I. odax worker | |
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| Family: | Formicidae
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| Genus: | Iroponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
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| Species: | Iroponera odax
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| I. odax Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
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| Monotypic taxon | |
Iroponera (from Latin ironia, "assumed ignorance", -pone, from the name of the subfamily) is a monotypic genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Iroponera odax, the single described species, is known only from a few collections in Australia (including Tasmania).[2]
Workers are orange-colored and small in size (2.6 mm). Queens and males remain unknown. Little is known about their biology, but their small eyes indicate a subterranean lifestyle.[2]
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Iroponera". AntCat. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ a b 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.
Categories:
- Ponerinae
- Monotypic ant genera
- Hymenoptera of Australia
- Ponerinae stubs