Acanthoponera Mayr, 1862

Camacho, G. P., Franco, W., Branstetter, M. G., Pie, M. R. & Longino, J. T., 2022, UCE Phylogenomics Resolves Major Relationships Among Ectaheteromorph Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A New Classification, Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1), pp. 1-20 : 13

Acanthoponera Mayr

Type Species Acanthoponera mucronata (Roger)

Diagnosis (Females): Ants of comparatively medium size (head width 0.90–1.61, head length 1.00–1.75). Mandible triangular. Palp formula 6,4. Frontal lobe reduced, only partially covering antennal insertions. Antennal club with four antennomeres. Antennal scrobe deeply impressed. Eye well-developed, with clear limits between ommatidia. Propodeum with a pair of well-developed spines. Tarsal claw with conspicuous preapical teeth and a basal lobe. Petiole with a long posterodorsal projection. Anterior face of abdominal segment III with an arched carina above the helcium.