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ponerine, a. and n. Ent.|ˈpɒnəraɪn, -iːn|
Also Ponerine.
[ad. mod.L. name of subfamily Ponerinæ, f. generic name Ponera (P. A. Latreille 1804, in Nouveau Dict. Hist. Nat. XXIV. 179), f. Gr. πονηρά, fem. of πονηρός wicked + -ine1.]
A. adj. Of, or pertaining to, or designating ants of the subfamily Ponerinæ, which includes mainly tropical species.
B. n. A ponerine ant.
1910W. M. Wheeler Ants ii. 26 The base of the abdomen is more primitive and more like that of certain Ponerine ants. 1933Discovery Sept. 286/1 Professor W. M. Wheeler..paid special attention to the colony-foundation among the primitive Ponerine ants. 1945C. P. Haskins Of Ants & Men xi. 207 Australia is pre⁓eminently the home of the Ponerines of today. 1966C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush vii. 101 Platythrea cribinodis, a common, large, dull-black ponerine ant. Ibid. 103 As with the giant solitary black ponerine,..the black stink ants were not attacked because of their strong odour. 1977M. V. Brian Ants iii. 39 All ponerines have a constriction between the first and second segments of the gaster. Ibid., The Myrmicinæ are thought to have evolved from ponerine ants. |