Wadeura

Genus of ants

Wadeura

Wadeura guianensis worker
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Formicidae
Subfamily:  | Ponerinae
Tribe:  | Ponerini
Genus:  | Wadeura
Weber, 1939
Type species
Wadeura guianensis

Weber, 1939

Diversity[1]
4 species

Wadeura is a genus of ponerine ants containing four described species native to parts of Central and South America.[2] Originally described in 1939 by N. A. Weber, it was synonymized under Pachycondyla for a time, transferred to Cryptopone in 2014, and reinstated as a genus by Branstetter & Longino, 2022.[1]

## Species

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* Wadeura guianensis Weber, 1939
* Wadeura holmgreni (Wheeler, 1925)
* Wadeura holmgrenita Branstetter & Longino, 2022
* Wadeura pauli (Fernandes & Delabie, 2019)

## References

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1. ^ a b Bolton, B. (2024). "Wadeura". AntCat. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
2. ^ "Genus: Wadeura Weber, 1939". AntWeb. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

## External links

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* Media related to Wadeura at Wikimedia Commons

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