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Rasopone

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Rasopone
Rasopone lunaris worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Rasopone
Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Type species
Ponera ferruginea
Diversity[2]
11 species

Rasopone is genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus is restricted to Central and South America.[3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Smith, Frederick (1858). "Ponera ferruginea". Formicidæ. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 100.
  2. ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Rasopone". AntCat. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  3. ^ 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.