Arthropods
🐜Paraponera clavata
Paraponera clavata (Fabricius, 1775)
Paraponera clavata, commonly known as the bullet ant, is a species of ant known for its extremely painful sting. It inhabits humid lowland rainforests in Central and South America.
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Also called
Bullet ant
Conservation status
Not evaluated
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderHymenoptera
- ›familyFormicidae
- ›genusParaponera
- ›speciesParaponera clavata
Full lineage
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- subfamilyParaponerinae
- genusParaponera
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
- superfamilyFormicoidea
- familyFormicidae
- subfamilyParaponerinae
- genusParaponera
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子彈蟻 (zh), Formiga-cabo-verde (pt), 24-Stunden-Ameise (de), サシハリアリ (ja), Paraponera clavata (pl), 총알개미 (ko) … and 19 more languages
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