Ponera coarctata is a species of ant native to Europe, the Caucasus region, the Anatolia peninsula, north Africa, central and eastern Asia 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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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Indolent Ant being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ponera pennsylvanica
- Hypoponera eduardi
- Hypoponera opacior
- Hypoponera punctatissima
- Hypoponera opaciceps
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Ponera
- Species
- Ponera coarctata
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