Loboponera
{{Short description|Genus of ants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Loboponera vigilans casent0003107 profile 1.jpg
| image_caption = Loboponera vigilans worker from Gabon
| display_parents = 2
| taxon = Loboponera
| authority = Bolton & Brown, 2002
| diversity_link = #Species
| diversity = 9 species
| diversity_ref = {{AntCat|430094|Loboponera|2014|accessdate=4 July 2014}}
| type_species = Loboponera vigilans
}}
Loboponera is an Afrotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae with nine recognized species. The genus is found in central and western Africa, from Ivory Coast to Rwanda. Little is known about their biology.
Species
- Loboponera basalis Bolton & Brown, 2002
- Loboponera edentula Bolton & Brown, 2002
- Loboponera nasica (Santschi, 1920)
- Loboponera nobiliae Fisher, 2006
- Loboponera obeliscata Bolton & Brown, 2002
- Loboponera politula Bolton & Brown, 2002
- Loboponera subatra Bolton & Brown, 2002
- Loboponera trica Bolton & Brown, 2002
- Loboponera vigilans Bolton & Brown, 2002
References
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{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Loboponera&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Loboponera|date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |accessdate=29 September 2013}}
{{cite journal |last=Schmidt |first=C. A |last2=Shattuck |first2=S. O. |date=2014 |title=The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3817 |issue=1 |pages=1–242 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 |pmid=24943802}}
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Loboponera|Loboponera}}
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Category:Hymenoptera of Africa
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