Dolioponera is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Ponerinae containing the single species Dolioponera fustigera.[1] The genus is known only from a few specimens from west and central Africa. Little is known about their biology, and males remain unknown.[2]
| Dolioponera | |
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| Dolioponera fustigera worker from Cameroon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Dolioponera Brown, 1974 |
| Species: | D. fustigera
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| Binomial name | |
| Dolioponera fustigera Brown, 1974
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References
edit- ^ "Genus: Dolioponera". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ 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.
External links
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