Metapone is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is found in the Indo-Australian, Oriental and Malagasy regions. Most species are known only from a few specimens.[3]

Metapone
Metapone emersoni worker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Metapone
Forel, 1911
Type species
Metapone greeni
Forel, 1911
Diversity[1]
21 species

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Metapone". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Genus: Metapone". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ^ Alpert, G. D. (2007). "A review of the ant genus Metapone Forel from Madagascar", pp. 8-18. In Snelling, R. R., B. L. Fisher, and P. S. Ward (eds). Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E. O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80.
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