Pseudoneoponera rufipes explained

Pseudoneoponera rufipes is a species of ant of the subfamily Ponerinae. It is found in southern and eastern Asia. Like other ants in the genus, they extrude a foam when disturbed.^[1]

Subspecies

• Pseudoneoponera rufipes ceylonensis (Jerdon, 1851) - Sri Lanka
• Pseudoneoponera rufipes rufipes Forel, 1911 - India, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, China ^[2]

External links

• Web site: Pseudoneoponera rufipes - Facts. AntWeb. 19 January 2014.
• Web site: Pseudoneoponera rufipes. at antwiki.org
• Animaldiversity.org

Notes and References

1. Maschwitz . Ulrich . Jessen . Karla . Maschwitz . Eleonore . 1981 . Foaming in Pachycondyla: A New Defense Mechanism in Ants . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology . 9 . 1 . 79–81 . 0340-5443.
2. Web site: Pseudoneoponera rufipes.