Subfamily PONERINAE Tribe PONERINI Ponera exotica M.R.Smith |
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Ponera exotica, full face view of a worker (click image to enlarge). |
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Ponera exotica, side view of a worker (click image to enlarge). |
Ponera exotica was at one time considered to be an introduced species. However, after litter sampling techinques became commonplace, it was discovered that this species was seemingly well integrated into natural habitats and it seemed likely that it was actually a native species. In Mississippi and Alabama, we have found it to be especially common in upland hardwood forests, where it nests in the soil/humus layer beneath leaves. Links |
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The ant web site was uploaded on 6 March 2003 and was last updated on 11 September 2024
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The development of this web site was supported in part by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, under Project No. MIS-012040 and the USDA-ARS Areawide Management of Imported Fire Ant Project (Richard L. Brown, Principal Investigator).