单词 | poneroid |
释义 | poneroidadj.n. Zoology. Resembling a ponerine ant; spec. designating a group of ants which includes the subfamily Ponerinae and certain closely related subfamilies. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > of or relating to ants > of or relating to family Poneridae ponerid1895 poneroid1895 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. at Poneridæ Poneroid, a. 1906 Science 2 Feb. 188/2 The differences of social organization appear to forbid a close alliance of the true ants with the poneroid series. 1954 W. L. Brown in Insectes Sociaux 1 26 (heading) The Poneroid Complex is here considered to include Ponerinæ, Cerapachyinæ, Myrmicinæ, Dorylinæ and Leptanillinæ. 1967 Psyche 74 14 The split between myrmecioids and poneroids must have come at a time when ants were still very wasp-like. 2000 Insect Systematics & Evol. 31 59 This result illustrates the need for a full taxonomic revision of the poneroid group. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1895 |
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