Ireneopone, Donisthorpe, H. S. J. K., 1946

Donisthorpe, H. S. J. K., 1946, Ireneopone gibber (Hym., Formicidae), a new genus and species of myrmicine ant from Mauritius., Entomologists Monthly Magazine 82, pp. 242-243 : 242

Ireneopone gen. n.

Head more or less rectangular, clypeus triangular, extending between the antennae, posterior margin bordering the antennal cavities anteriorly. Antennae twelve-jointed, maxillary palpi five-jointed, labial palpi three-jointed. Thorax with sharp anterior angles to pronotum, separated from mesonotum by a fine suture more marked at sides, mesonotum with a raised pointed hump, suture between mesonotum and epinotum well defined, epinotum unarmed, petiole long, narrow, armed with two small teeth at base and with a raised node on dorsal surface, postpetiole subquadrate, broader but shorter than petiole, gaster oval.

Genotype: I. gibber sp. n.