Ponera pennsylvanica in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/1/2024). Verified by Oliver Yung/BugGuide. (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Ponera pennsylvanica specimen. Contributed by unknown photographer.
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Status
Found in various forested habitats encompassing dry upland forests and mesic lowland forests including deciduous forests. Lynch (1981) has recorded P. pennsylvanica from abandoned fields in addition to forested areas and Ellison et al. (2012) notes that they also occur in bogs, fens, and wet fields in New England. (See Frye et al., 2014)
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Ponera pennsylvanica in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/1/2024). Verified by Oliver Yung/BugGuide. (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Ponera pennsylvanica in Howard Co., Maryland (4/26/2014).
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Tim Foard.
Ponera pennsylvanica specimen. Contributed by unknown photographer.
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Ponera |
| Species: | P. pennsylvanica
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| Ponera pennsylvanica (Latreille, 1804)
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Ponera pennsylvanica is a species of ant that is usually found in mesic forests in the Eastern United States. The species' nests are usually found under rotting logs, in rotting stumps or logs, in acorns, in soil, and in leaf mold.[1] Ant colonies usually have no more than 100 worker ants.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ponera pennsylvanica". Mississippi Entomological Museum. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- ^ "Species: Ponera pennsylvanica". Ant Web. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
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