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The specific epithet of the ant, clavata, means "club-shaped". [2] The generic name, Paraponera, translates to "near-Ponera". [3] Because of its fearsome reputation, the ant has several Native American, Spanish, and Portuguese local names in different geographical areas; perhaps the best-known of these is the Venezuelan nickname hormiga veinticuatro (the "24 ant" or "24-hour ant"), referring ...
Paraponera is a genus of ants and the only genus in the subfamily Paraponerinae. [2] The name means "near-Ponera".[3]It consists of two species: the extant Paraponera clavata, also known as a bullet ant, found in the Neotropics, and the very small [4] fossil species Paraponera dieteri known from Dominican amber (Early Miocene; 16-19 million years ago). [5]
Brownimecia is an extinct genus of ants, the only genus in the tribe Brownimeciini and subfamily Brownimeciinae of the Formicidae. Fossils of the identified species, Brownimecia clavata and Brownimecia inconspicua, are known from the Late Cretaceous of North America. The genus is one of several ants described from Late Cretaceous ambers of New ...
Poneratoxin is a paralyzing neurotoxic peptide made by the bullet ant Paraponera clavata.It prevents inactivation of voltage gated sodium channels and therefore blocks synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. [1]
The genus is known from the Amazon region in South America, where they nest in soil, rotten wood or cavities excavated by other animals (beetle galleries or nests of the bullet ant, Paraponera clavata). [2] They are distributed from about 10 degrees north to 15 degrees south of the equator. [3]
Apocephalus paraponerae is a species of fly in the family Phoridae discovered by Borgmeier in 1958. This species is a parasitoid of the giant tropical ant Paraponera clavata (commonly known as the bullet ant) and uses both visual and chemical cues to locate its host.
Dinoponera is a strictly South American genus of ant in the subfamily Ponerinae, commonly called tocandiras or giant Amazonian ants. [2] These ants are generally less well known than Paraponera clavata, the bullet ant, yet Dinoponera females may surpass 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) in total body length, making them among the largest ants in the world.
Contains the single species Brownimecia clavata, a fossil ant known from New Jersey amber. Initially placed within Ponerinae, this primitive Cretaceous ant was later moved to its own subfamily. [1] [18] Brownimecia clavata: Dolichoderinae Forel, 1878: 28: 20: Dolichoderus Lund, 1831: A diverse subfamily distributed worldwide, mainly in the tropics.