Ponera coarctata

Ponera coarctata
Ponera coarctata worker head
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Ponera
Species:
P. coarctata
Binomial name
Ponera coarctata
(Latreille, 1802)

Ponera coarctata is a species of ant native to Europe, eastern and central Asia, the Caucasus region, north Africa, the Anatolia peninsula and on the eastern coast of the US. Closely related to the P. pennsylvanica species, the species was discovered in 1802 by Pierre André Latreille.

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