Bradoponera

Bradoponera
Temporal range: Middle EoceneEarly Miocene
Bradoponera meieri worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Proceratiinae
Tribe: Proceratiini
Genus: Bradoponera
Mayr, 1868
Type species
Bradoponera meieri
Species
  • B. electrina
  • B. meieri
  • B. similis
  • B. wunderlichi

Bradoponera is an extinct genus of ant in the Formicidae subfamily Proceratiinae, and is one of four genera of the subfamily. The genus contains four described species Bradoponera electrina, Bradoponera meieri, Bradoponera similis, and Bradoponera wunderlichi. The species are known from several Middle Eocene amber fossils which were found in Europe.