Neoponera verenae

Neoponera verenae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Neoponera
Species:	N. verenae
Binomial name
	Neoponera verenae; Forel, 1922

Neoponera verenae is a species of ponerine ant in the genus Neoponera.^[1]

Identification

There are only a few species of Neoponera in which the workers lack erect hairs on the dorsum of the mesosoma (N. magnifica, N. bucki, N. apicalis, N. obscuricornis and N. verenae). However, in N. apicalis, the tips of the antennae has a yellow to light brown funiculus. To narrow down identification, only N. verenae, N. apicalis and N. obscuricornis have eyes that take up more than 1⁄3 of the side of the head. The difference between N. obscuricornis and N. verenae is that the posterior lateral margins of the petiole of N. verenae are sharp, those of N. obscuricornis are broadly rounded.

References

^ Moleiro, Hugo Ribeiro; Silva-Melo, Adolfo da; Giannotti, Edilberto (2021-08-14). "Nest Architecture and Animals Associated with Neoponera verenae (Forel) (Formicidae, Ponerinae)". Sociobiology. 68 (3): e6246. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v68i3.6246. hdl:11449/233460. ISSN 2447-8067.

[1] Moleiro, Hugo Ribeiro; Silva-Melo, Adolfo da; Giannotti, Edilberto (2021-08-14). "Nest Architecture and Animals Associated with Neoponera verenae (Forel) (Formicidae, Ponerinae)". Sociobiology. 68 (3): e6246. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v68i3.6246. hdl:11449/233460. ISSN 2447-8067.

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