Belonopelta
Belonopelta is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.[2] The genus contains two species: B. deletrix is known from Mesoamerica and Colombia, while B. attenuata is only known from Colombia.[3] Members of this genus are rarely collected, and little is known about their habits. Males remain unknown for both species, and queens and larvae have only been described for B. deletrix.[4]
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| Genus: | Belonopelta Mayr, 1870 |
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| Belonopelta attenuata Mayr, 1870 | |
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Leiopelta Baroni Urbani, 1975 | |
Species
- Belonopelta attenuata Mayr, 1870
- Belonopelta deletrix Mann, 1922
References
- Bolton, B. (2014). "Belonopelta". AntCat. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- "Genus: Belonopelta". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- Fernández, F. (2008) "Subfamilia Ponerinae s.str." Pp. 123-218 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
- 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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