Acanthognathus poinari
| Acanthognathus poinari Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Head view of ant Acanthognathus teledectus specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Acanthognathus |
| Species: | †A. poinari |
| Binomial name | |
| †Acanthognathus poinari Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994 | |
Acanthognathus poinari is an extinct species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae known from a single possibly Miocene fossil found on Hispaniola. A. poinari is the first species of the ant genus Acanthognathus to have been described from fossils found in Dominican amber and is one of several species of Acanthognathus found in the Greater Antillas.