Mesoponera

Mesoponera is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. It is found in the tropics, from Sub-Saharan Africa to Australia.^[2]

Mesoponera
Mesoponera melanaria worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Mesoponera Emery, 1900
Type species
Ponera melanaria Emery, 1893
Diversity[1]
20 species
Synonyms
Xiphopelta Forel, 1913

Species

• Mesoponera ambigua (André, 1890)
• Mesoponera australis (Forel, 1900)
• Mesoponera caffraria (Smith, 1858)
• Mesoponera elisae (Forel, 1891)
• Mesoponera escherichi (Forel, 1910)
• Mesoponera flavopilosa (Weber, 1942)
• Mesoponera ingesta (Wheeler, 1922)
• Mesoponera manni (Viehmeyer, 1924)
• Mesoponera melanaria (Emery, 1893)
• Mesoponera nimba (Bernard, 1953)
• Mesoponera novemdentata (Bernard, 1953)
• Mesoponera papuana (Viehmeyer, 1914)
• Mesoponera picea (Bernard, 1953)
• Mesoponera rubra (Smith, 1857)
• Mesoponera scolopax (Emery, 1899)
• Mesoponera senegalensis (Santschi, 1914)
• Mesoponera subiridescens (Wheeler, 1922)
• Mesoponera testacea (Bernard, 1953)
• Mesoponera villiersi (Bernard, 1953)
• Mesoponera weberi (Bernard, 1953)