Paraponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group. It contains species such as the Bullet Ant. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Binomial name Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders, scorpions, etc. ... Classes & Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrate animals of the Class Insecta, the largest and (on land) most widely-distributed taxon within the phylum Arthropoda. ... Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Many families, see article Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of Insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ... Subfamilies Dorylomorph subfamilies Apomyrminae Cerapachyinae Dorylinae Ecitoninae Formicomorph subfamilies: Aneuretinae Dolichoderinae Formicinae - e. ... Binomial name Paraponera clavata F.Smith, 1858 Paraponera (F. Smith, 1858) is a genus of ponerine ants (in)famous for its sole species, the so-called bullet ant, , named on account of its most powerful and potent sting, the sensation of which has often been likened with that of being... ... Subfamilies Dorylomorph subfamilies Apomyrminae Cerapachyinae Dorylinae Ecitoninae Formicomorph subfamilies: Aneuretinae Dolichoderinae Formicinae - e. ... Binomial name Paraponera clavata F.Smith, 1858 Paraponera (F. Smith, 1858) is a genus of ponerine ants (in)famous for its sole species, the so-called bullet ant, , named on account of its most powerful and potent sting, the sensation of which has often been likened with that of being...
Long considered primitive on the basis of retention of a typical hymenopteran sting and pupae in cocoons, some groups among the poneromorphs exhibit considerable specialization in predatory habits and mandibular form.
Most poneromorphs appear to have lost the taste for sweets (nectar, fruit) typical of adult stinging Hymenoptera, and this should probably also be considered an evolutionary "advancement".
Foraging for extrafloral nectar and honeydew from Homoptera has been retained in Ectatomminae and Paraponerinae, but was perhaps secondarily re-acquired in Odontomachus of the Ponerinae.
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