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''Paraponera clavata'' is a species of ant, commonly known as the bullet ant, named on account of its powerful and potent sting due to its venom. It inhabits humid lowland rainforests from Nicaragua and the extreme east of Honduras south to Paraguay. ==Taxonomy== ''Paraponera clavata'' was first described by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius, who named it ''Formica clavata'' in his 1775 publication ''Systema entomologiae'', based on a worker he collected. Fabricius incorrectly listed its type locality as India, although these ants are only found in South America. French zoologist Pierre André Latreille would later transfer the species to the genus ''Ponera'' in 1804. In 1858, the genus ''Paraponera'' was established by British entomologist Frederick Smith, who designated ''Paraponera clavata'' as the type species by monotypy (the condition of a taxonomic group having only a single taxon described). In this publication, Smith would synonymise multiple taxons under ''Paraponera clavata'', including ''Formica armata'', ''Formica spininoda'', ''Ponera tarsalis'' and ''Ponera clavata''. Later publications would also synonymise more taxons, including ''Formica aculeata'' and ''Formica clavata''. Until 1994, ''Paraponera clavata'' was the sole member of the genus ''Paraponera'' and the subfamily Paraponerinae, but the extinct ''Paraponera dieteri'' from the Miocene was described by Cesare Baroni Urbani. ''P. clavata'' is commonly known as the bullet ant, the lesser giant hunting ant and conga ant. A local name is ' (the "24 ant" or "24-hour ant"), referring to the full day of pain that follows being stung. The specific epithet ''ラテン語:clavata'' means "club-shaped". ==Description== Worker ants are long and resemble stout, reddish-black, wingless wasps. ''Paraponera'' is predatory, and like all primitive poneromorphs, does not display polymorphism in the worker caste; the queen ant is not much larger than the workers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paraponera clavata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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