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Porthole Ants
Ponera
Ponera is a genus of ponerine ants. The name is the Latinized form (Ponēra) of the Ancient Greek ponira (πονηρά, 'wicked, wretched').
58 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Porthole Ant
speciesPonera pennsylvanica
Indolent Ant
speciesPonera coarctata
Blind Crypt Ant
speciesPonera leae
Ponera testacea
speciesPonera testacea
Ponera japonica
speciesPonera japonica
Ponera scabra
speciesPonera scabra
Southern Porthole Ant
speciesPonera exotica
Ponera tamon
speciesPonera tamon
Ponera sinensis
speciesPonera sinensis
Ponera menglana
speciesPonera menglana
Ponera swezeyi
speciesPonera swezeyi
Ponera incerta
speciesPonera incerta
Ponera guangxiensis
speciesPonera guangxiensis
Ponera bishamon
speciesPonera bishamon
Ponera clavicornis
speciesPonera clavicornis
Ponera selenophora
speciesPonera selenophora
Ponera chiponensis
speciesPonera chiponensis
Ponera alisana
speciesPonera alisana
Ponera rishen
speciesPonera rishen
Ponera shennong
speciesPonera shennong
Ponera taiyangshen
speciesPonera taiyangshen
Ponera pentodontos
speciesPonera pentodontos
Ponera nangongshana
speciesPonera nangongshana
Ponera longlina
speciesPonera longlina
Ponera baka
speciesPonera baka
Ponera xantha
speciesPonera xantha
Ponera bawana
speciesPonera bawana
Ponera diodonta
speciesPonera diodonta
Ponera pianmana
speciesPonera pianmana
Ponera szentivanyi
speciesPonera szentivanyi
Ponera taipingensis
speciesPonera taipingensis
Ponera terayamai
speciesPonera terayamai
Ponera tudigong
speciesPonera tudigong
Ponera woodwardi
speciesPonera woodwardi
Ponera wui
speciesPonera wui
Ponera xenagos
speciesPonera xenagos
Ponera yuhuang
speciesPonera yuhuang
Ponera adumbrans
speciesPonera adumbrans
Ponera petila
speciesPonera petila
Ponera alpha
speciesPonera alpha
Ponera augusta
speciesPonera augusta
Ponera borneensis
speciesPonera borneensis
Ponera chapmani
speciesPonera chapmani
Ponera colaensis
speciesPonera colaensis
Ponera elegantula
speciesPonera elegantula
Ponera hubeiensis
speciesPonera hubeiensis
Ponera indica
speciesPonera indica
Ponera kohmoku
speciesPonera kohmoku
Ponera loi
speciesPonera loi
Ponera manni
speciesPonera manni
Ponera oreas
speciesPonera oreas
Ponera paedericera
speciesPonera paedericera
Ponera sikkimensis
speciesPonera sikkimensis
Ponera syscena
speciesPonera syscena
Ponera szaboi
speciesPonera szaboi
Ponera tenuis
speciesPonera tenuis
Ponera takaminei
speciesPonera takaminei
Ponera sysphinctoides
speciesPonera sysphinctoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 203420.