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Megaponera
''Megaponera analis'' is the sole species of the genus ''Megaponera''.〔 They are a strictly termite-eating (termitophagous) ponerine ant species widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and most commonly known for their column-like raiding formation when attacking termite feeding sites. Their sophisticated raiding behaviour gave them the common name Matabele ant after the Matabele tribe, fierce warriors who overwhelmed various other tribes during the 1800s. At nearly in length, ''M. analis'' is one of the world's largest ants.〔〔
==Taxonomy==
''Megaponera'' is a genus of ponerine ant first defined by Gustav Mayr in 1862 for ''Formica analis''〔Mayr, G. (1862). "Myrmecologische Studien". ''Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien'' 12: 649–776 (page 714, Megaponera; (diagnosis in key) as genus; Megaponera in Ponerinae ())〕 (Latreille, 1802), the sole species belonging to the genus to date. In 1994 William L. Brown, Jr. synonymised the genus under ''Pachycondyla'' even though he lacked phylogenetic justification, thereby changing the name from ''Megaponera foetens'' to ''Pachycondyla analis''. In 2014 Schmidt and Shattuck revived ''Megaponera'' back to full genus status due to both molecular and morphological evidence. Since ''foetens'' was just a specific epithet incorrectly used throughout the literature the new name for the species as of June 2014 is ''Megaponera analis''.
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