Fisheropone is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Known from sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, members of the genus are poorly known. The genus is named after myrmecologist Brian Fisher.
Species
As of 2026, the genus contains 13 described species and at least one undescribed species. Ten species were transferred here from Euponera in 2025 after molecular phylogenetic analysis proved the latter polyphyletic.
Described
- Fisheropone aenigmatica <small>(Arnold, 1949)</small>
- Fisheropone ambigua <small>(Weber, 1942)</small>
- Fisheropone brunoi <small>(Forel, 1913)</small>
- Fisheropone fossigera <small>(Mayr, 1901)</small>
- Fisheropone hartwigi <small>(Arnold, 1948)</small>
- Fisheropone malayana <small>(Wheeler, 1929)</small>
- Fisheropone pallidipennis <small>(Smith, 1860)</small>
- Fisheropone pilosior <small>(Wheeler, 1928)</small>
- Fisheropone sakishimensis <small>(Terayama, 1999)</small>
- Fisheropone sharpi <small>(Forel, 1901)</small>
- Fisheropone tianzun <small>(Terayama, 2009)</small>
- Fisheropone tynara <small>(Fisher, 2025)</small>
- Fisheropone wroughtonii <small>(Forel, 1901)</small>
Undescribed
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