Hypoponera distinguenda

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Hypoponera inexorata

This poorly-known species is recognized by the slightly concave outer margin of the mandible. Austin, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera inexorata

One of the more rarely-encountered North American ants is the subterranean Hypoponera inexorata, found sporadically from Florida across the southern states to Arizona. Austin, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera inexorata

Austin, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera opaciceps

A miniature huntress ant carries a larva. Austin, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera opaciceps

Running through the tunnels of their underground nest. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera opaciceps

A worker ant with a freshly spun cocoon. Austin, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera opaciceps

Austin, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera opaciceps

Worker carrying eggs in the brood nest. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera opaciceps

The relatively long petiolar node diagnoses this subterranean ant as Hypoponera opaciceps. Austin, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera opaciceps

Larvae of some huntress and species have dorsal "doorknob" protuberances that are used by ants to attach larvae to the walls and ceilings of the nest chambers. Brackenridge Field Laboratory, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera opacior

Worker with pupa. Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA

Hypoponera opacior

A worker ant carries a larva through the underground nest galleries and past a soil-dwelling mite. Austin, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera opacior

Hypoponera opacior ergatoid male. Most ant males are wasp-like and winged, adapted for dispersing away from their home nest to mate with queens from other colonies. But some Hypoponera males like the one shown here are inbreeding specialists. These pale creatures are worker-like in appearance and mate with their sisters in the nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Hypoponera opacior

Hypoponera opacior, worker and ergatoid male. Most ant males are wasp-like and winged, adapted for dispersing away from their home nest to mate with queens from other colonies. But some Hypoponera males are inbreeding specialists. These pale creatures are worker-like in appearance and mate with their sisters in the nest. Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA

Hypoponera opacior

Austin, Texas, USA.

Hypoponera sp.

Hypoponera worker carrying a larva in the nest. Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

Hypoponera sp.

Hypoponera workers follow each other through a rotting log. Kibale forest, Uganda

Hypoponera sp.

Yandoit, Victoria, Australia.

Hypoponera

Ants of the genus Hypoponera are inconspicuous but ubiquitous predators in tropical forest leaf litter. These workers have caught a termite. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.