Cryptopone
Cryptopone gilva worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Cryptopone
Emery, 1893
Type species
Cryptopone testacea
Emery, 1893
Diversity[1]
25 species
Synonyms

Wadeura Weber, 1939

Cryptopone is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.[2] The genus has a worldwide distribution, with most species occurring in Asia. Workers range from very small to medium in size (1.7–6.1 mm), with the queens being slightly larger.[3]

Species

  • Cryptopone arabica Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
  • Cryptopone butteli Forel, 1913
  • Cryptopone crassicornis (Emery, 1897)
  • Cryptopone emeryi Donisthorpe, 1943
  • Cryptopone fusciceps Emery, 1900
  • Cryptopone gigas Wu & Wang, 1995
  • Cryptopone gilva (Roger, 1863)
  • Cryptopone guianensis (Weber, 1939)
  • Cryptopone hartwigi Arnold, 1948
  • Cryptopone holmgreni (Wheeler, 1925)
  • Cryptopone jinxiuensis Zhou, 2001
  • Cryptopone mirabilis MacKay & MacKay, 2010
  • Cryptopone motschulskyi Donisthorpe, 1943
  • Cryptopone nicobarensis Forel, 1905
  • Cryptopone ochracea (Mayr, 1855)
  • Cryptopone pseudogigas Zhou & Zheng, 1997
  • Cryptopone recticlypea Xu, 1998
  • Cryptopone rotundiceps (Emery, 1914)
  • Cryptopone sauteri (Wheeler, 1906)
  • Cryptopone sinensis Wang, 1992
  • Cryptopone subterranea Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013
  • Cryptopone taivanae (Forel, 1913)
  • Cryptopone tengu Terayama, 1999
  • Cryptopone testacea Emery, 1893
  • Cryptopone typhlos (Karavaiev, 1935)

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Cryptopone". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Cryptopone". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  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.


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