Parvaponera
{{Short description|Genus of ants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Pachycondyla darwinii casent0172437 profile 1.jpg
|image_caption = Parvaponera darwinii worker
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Parvaponera
|authority = Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
|type_species = Belonopelta darwinii
|type_species_authority = Forel, 1893
|diversity_link = #Species
|diversity = 4 species
|diversity_ref = {{AntCat|461834|Parvaponera|2015|accessdate=7 January 2015}}
}}
Parvaponera is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus is distributed in Africa (and Madagascar), Southeast Asia, Australia and the Solomon Islands. Workers are slender and small in size. Queens are similar to workers, but larger and winged.
Species
- Parvaponera cavimaculata Wang & Zhao, 2009
- Parvaponera darwinii (Forel, 1893)
- Parvaponera myropola (Menozzi, 1925)
- Parvaponera sheldoni (Mann, 1919)
References
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{{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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