Ponerinae
fighting Harpegnathos saltator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Ponerinae Lepeletier, 1835
Genera
Ponera Harpegnathos Odontomachus Leptogenys Onychomyrmex Simopelta Pachycondyla  many more

Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,800 species in 40 genera.

They are most easily identified from other sub-families by a constricted gaster (abdomen).

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