Makebapone is a genus of ponerine ants containing two species found in the Afrotropics. Described in 2025, its species were previously placed in the genus Mesoponera by Schmidt & Shattuck in 2014. It is named after the South African singer Miriam Makeba, and its grammatical gender is feminine. Its appearance is generally similar to that of Mesoponera, except for a few differences like a shorter masticatory margin with low teeth, a broadly rounded and inflated clypeus, a slit-shaped propodeal spiracle, an evenly convex subpetiolar process, and a short and downturned prora.
Species Makebapone contains two valid species as of 2025. Makebapone caffraria (Smith, 1858) Makebapone ingesta (Wheeler, 1922)
See also List of organisms named after famous people (born 1925–1949)
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