Euponera is a genus of ponerine ants distributed widely throughout the Afrotropical and Indomalayan realms. Workers of Euponera are large (6âÂÂ10.5 mm) while queens are similar to workers, though larger and winged.
Species
As of 2026, the genus possesses 16 valid species. It used to contain many more species, however those were all transferred away into different genera over time.
- Euponera agnivo <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera antsiraka <small>(Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013)</small>
- Euponera daraina <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera gorogota <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera haratsingy <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera ivolo <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera maeva <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera mialy <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera nosy <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera rovana <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera sikorae <small>(Forel, 1891)</small>
- Euponera sjostedti <small>(Mayr, 1896)</small>
- Euponera tahary <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera vohitravo <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
- Euponera zoro <small>Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2013</small>
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