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Paraponera
Paraponera clavata
Paraponera clavata (bullet ant)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Paraponerinae
Emery, 1901
Tribe: Paraponerini
Emery, 1901
Genus: Paraponera
F. Smith, 1858
Type species
Paraponera clavata
Fabricius, 1775
Referred species

Paraponera is a genus of ants and the only genus in the subfamily Paraponerinae. The name means "near-Ponera".

It consists of two species: the extant Paraponera clavata, also known as a bullet ant, found in the Neotropics, and the very small fossil species Paraponera dieteri known from Dominican amber (Early Miocene; 16-19 million years ago).

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