| Pseudoneoponera rufipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoneoponera |
| Species: | P. rufipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudoneoponera rufipes (Jerdon, 1851) | |
Pseudoneoponera rufipes is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae. It is found in southern and eastern Asia. Like other ants in the genus, they extrude a foam when disturbed.[1]
Strings of foam can be seen nearby
Subspecies
- Pseudoneoponera rufipes ceylonensis (Jerdon, 1851) - Sri Lanka
- Pseudoneoponera rufipes rufipes Forel, 1911 - India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, China [2]
References
- ↑ Maschwitz, Ulrich; Jessen, Karla; Maschwitz, Eleonore (1981). "Foaming in Pachycondyla: A New Defense Mechanism in Ants". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 9 (1): 79–81. ISSN 0340-5443.
- ↑ "Pseudoneoponera rufipes".
External links
- "Pseudoneoponera rufipes - Facts". AntWeb. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- "Pseudoneoponera rufipes". at antwiki.org
- Animaldiversity.org
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