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Pseudoneoponera rufipes

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Pseudoneoponera rufipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Pseudoneoponera
Species:
P. rufipes
Binomial name
Pseudoneoponera rufipes
(Jerdon, 1851)

Pseudoneoponera rufipes is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae. It is found in southern and eastern Asia. Like other ants in the genus, they extrude a foam when disturbed.[1]

Ant releasing strings of foam

Subspecies

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  • Pseudoneoponera rufipes ceylonensis (Jerdon, 1851) - Sri Lanka
  • Pseudoneoponera rufipes rufipes Forel, 1911 - India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, China [2]

References

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  1. ^ Maschwitz, Ulrich; Jessen, Karla; Maschwitz, Eleonore (1981). "Foaming in Pachycondyla: A New Defense Mechanism in Ants". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 9 (1): 79–81. ISSN 0340-5443.
  2. ^ "Pseudoneoponera rufipes".
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