Iroponera

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,^[1] the single described species, is known only from a few collections in Australia (including Tasmania).^[2]

Iroponera
Iroponera odax worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Iroponera Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014
Species:	I. odax
Binomial name
Iroponera odax Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014

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.^[2]