The ant genus Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Dominican amber

Gianpiero Fiorentino; Valentine Bouju; Diyael Sosa; Santo Navarro; Phillip Barden

doi:10.1017/jpa.2025.10213

The ant genus Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Dominican amber

Gianpiero Fiorentino
, Valentine Bouju
, Diyael Sosa
, Santo Navarro
, Phillip Barden

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Hypoponera Santschi, 1938 is a genus of ponerine ants, well known for its simplified morphology, lacking any clear autopomorphy, and its cosmopolitan distribution. Here, we describe the first Hypoponera in Dominican amber. The discovery of Hypoponera electrocacica new species confirms the long-expected presence of the genus in the Caribbean Miocene. The modern diversity of Hypoponera in the Greater Antilles now stands at five species and two putative subspecies. UUID: https://zoobank.org/685e8727-72e2-4723-bce3-5d7c53680eee

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Journal of Paleontology
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2025.10213
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

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The ant genus Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Dominican amber

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