Paraponera (GW18)
Our 18th Genus of the week is Paraponera.Described by F. Smith in 1858.Subfamily: PonerinaeTribe: Paraponerini
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Zanti Agent forgets the Google link so I will post it: www.google.com/search?q=Paraponera /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant (AntDude -- Your Host) from The Ant Farm's Message Board.| |. .| | \ _ / The Ant Farm:...
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There are 2 described species of Paraponera: clavata and dieteri.Paraponera clavata is commonly known as the "bullet ant".The Omega Ant
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For completeness' sake, i'll include this very good article on them:www.sasionline.org/antsfi...etbio.htmlAccording to one published report, the attacks of this ant may even deter leaf cutter species...
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The sting of this "Bala" (Central American Spanish), Conga or Tocandira (South America), or Bullet ant is by all accounts the most painful insect sting one can receive, said to hurt like a 22 bullet....
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Has anyone read "the voyage of the Kon-Tiki" by Thor Heyerdahl? When they are finding trees to chop down for balsa wood, the following quote is said:"We had torn the branches from the trunk and were...
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That does sound like Paraponera. Thanks for the literary allusion. There is another variant of the name in Brazil, tocangueira. This, conga, and tocandira are all derived from variants of the name for...
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When I was in Costa Rica we found Paraponera fairly often in the tropical lowland rainforest around La Selva. They were most frequently encountered when we beat them off vegetation. On one occasion I...
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I am noticing in the Paraponera photos that there is a constriction that seems to divide the gaster. Is this typical of all Ponerines?The Omega Ant
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Not really the case, although that constriction is a fairly common feature in Ponerines it does not occur in all, Odontomachus and Anochetus are a couple which come immediately to mind without the...
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The constriction is a key character for Ponerinae and even these two genera have a faint one:images.google.com/imgres?...%26hl%3DenDirect Link: www.evergreen.edu/user/se...nodis.html[added a direct...
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Thank you Dr. Ant...........I stand corrected , It has been so long since I have looked at any Ponerines that I just did not pay attention to what I should have known.. OOOPPppppss............. boy do...
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Many facts in this thread including (but not limited to) the names of the subfamily and tribe, the name and date of original description, the names of synonyms and number of species: courtesy of:Barry...
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