Hagensia is a small genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Its two species are known only from coastal areas in South Africa. Workers are large (10.5–13.0 mm); queens are unknown, but gamergates (reproductive female workers) occurs in both species.[2]
Hagensia | |
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Hagensia havilandi worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Hagensia Forel, 1901 |
Type species | |
Megaloponera havilandi Forel, 1901
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Diversity[1] | |
2 species |
Species
edit- Hagensia havilandi (Forel, 1901)
- Hagensia peringueyi (Emery, 1899)
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Hagensia". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ^ 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.