Iroponera

{{Short description|Genus of ants}}

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|image_caption = Iroponera odax worker

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|authority = Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014

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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,{{AntCat|461832|Iroponera|2015|accessdate=6 January 2015}} the single described species, is known only from a few collections in Australia (including Tasmania).

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.