With the revision to the Pachycondyla genus (2014 C.E.) this species is now Pseudoneoponera. Pseudoneoponera sp14 workers measuring at over 17 millimeters looks like a slimmer version of Pseudoneoponera tridentata and a Pseudoneoponera "version" of Diacamma scalpratum.
Pseudoneoponera sp14 is mostly a solitary hunter hunting for prey mostly underground and in the trunk of dead trees or the dead part of living trees during the day. This large ant seldom show itself above ground during the day.
I have not come across any documentation of this species and provisionally tag is unclassified.
I have not come across any documentation of this species and provisionally tag is unclassified.
A Pseudoneoponera worker hunting for prey under a fallen tree.
Worker of a large Pseudoneoponera ant.
Worker of a large Pseudoneoponera ant.
Worker of a large Pseudoneoponera ant.
Worker of a large Pseudoneoponera ant.
Worker of a large Pseudoneoponera ant.
Worker of a large Pseudoneoponera ant.
Worker of a large Pseudoneoponera ant.
Workers of Pseudoneoponera tending to a larva.
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Taxonomy
No rank: cellular organisms 131567
Superkingdom (Domain): Eukaryota 2759
No rank: Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
No rank: Eumetazoa 6072
No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria 33213
No rank (Branch): Protostomia 33317
No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa
No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata 197563
No rank: Pancrustacea 197562
Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia 85512
Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota 7496
Infraclass: Neoptera 33340
Cohort: Holometabola
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
Suborder Apocrita 7400
Infraorder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Formicoidea
Family: Formicidae 36668
Subfamily: Ponerinae 43085
Tribe: Ponerini 141711Superkingdom (Domain): Eukaryota 2759
No rank: Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
No rank: Eumetazoa 6072
No rank (Subkingdom): Bilateria 33213
No rank (Branch): Protostomia 33317
No rank (Infrakingdom): Ecdysozoa
No rank (Superphylum): Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
No rank (Subphylum): Mandibulata 197563
No rank: Pancrustacea 197562
Subphylum (Epiclass): Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
No rank (Subclass): Dicondylia 85512
Subclass (Infraclass): Pterygota 7496
Infraclass: Neoptera 33340
Cohort: Holometabola
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
Suborder Apocrita 7400
Infraorder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Formicoidea
Family: Formicidae 36668
Subfamily: Ponerinae 43085
Genus: Pseudoneoponera 1885325
Last Updated: 2021 07 21
First Published: 2018 10 03
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