{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Echinopla melanarctos casent0178497 profile 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Echinopla melanarctos'' worker from Indonesia |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Echinopla |authority = Smith, 1857 |type_species = ''Echinopla melanarctos'' |type_species_authority = Smith, 1857 |diversity_link = #Species |diversity = 39 species |diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|429304|''Echinopla''|2014|accessdate=4 July 2014}}</ref> |synonyms = ''Mesoxena'' <small>Smith, 1860</small> }}
'''''Echinopla''''' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.<ref name="AWEchinopla"/> The genus is distributed from Singapore and Sumatra (Indonesia) to the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia.<ref name="Shattuck_2000"/>
==Species== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Echinopla angustata'' <small>Zettel & Laciny, 2015</small> *''Echinopla arfaki'' <small>Donisthorpe, 1943</small> *''Echinopla australis'' <small>Forel, 1901</small> *''Echinopla brevisetosa'' <small>Zettel & Laciny, 2015</small> *''Echinopla charernsomi'' <small>Tanansathaporn & Jaitrong, 2018</small> *''Echinopla circulus'' <small>Zettel & Laciny, 2015</small> *''Echinopla cherapunjiensis'' <small>Bharti & Gul, 2012</small> *''Echinopla crenulata'' <small>Donisthorpe, 1941</small> *''Echinopla deceptor'' <small>Smith, 1863</small> *''Echinopla densistriata'' <small>Stitz, 1938</small> *''Echinopla dubitata'' <small>Smith, 1862</small> *''Echinopla fisheri'' <small>Zettel & Laciny, 2015</small> *''Echinopla jeenthongi'' <small>Tanansathaporn & Jaitrong, 2018</small> *''Echinopla lateropilosa'' <small>Zettel & Laciny, 2017</small> *''Echinopla lineata'' <small>Mayr, 1862</small> *''Echinopla madli'' <small>Zettel & Laciny, 2015</small> *''Echinopla maeandrina'' <small>Stitz, 1938</small> *''Echinopla melanarctos'' <small>Smith, 1857</small> *''Echinopla mezgeri'' <small>Zettel & Laciny, 2015</small> *''Echinopla mistura'' <small>(Smith, 1860)</small> *''Echinopla nitida'' <small>Smith, 1863</small> *''Echinopla octodentata'' <small>Stitz, 1911</small> *''Echinopla pallipes'' <small>Smith, 1857</small> *''Echinopla praetexta'' <small>Smith, 1860</small> *''Echinopla pseudostriata'' <small>Donisthorpe, 1943</small> *''Echinopla rugosa'' <small>André, 1892</small> *''Echinopla senilis'' <small>Mayr, 1862</small> *''Echinopla serrata'' <small>(Smith, 1859)</small> *''Echinopla silvestrii'' <small>Donisthorpe, 1936</small> *''Echinopla striata'' <small>Smith, 1857</small> *''Echinopla tritschleri'' <small>Forel, 1901</small> *''Echinopla tunkuabduljalilii'' <small>Laciny, Zettel, Maryati & Noor-Izwan, 2019</small> *''Echinopla turneri'' <small>Forel, 1901</small> *''Echinopla vermiculata'' <small>Emery, 1898</small> *''Echinopla wardi'' <small>Zettel & Laciny, 2015</small> {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="AWEchinopla">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Echinopla&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: ''Echinopla'' |date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |accessdate=23 September 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Shattuck_2000">{{cite book|last=Shattuck|first=S. |year=2000|title=Australian Ants: Their Biology and Identification|publisher=CSIRO Publishing|isbn=978-0-643-06659-5|pages=95}}</ref> }}
==External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Echinopla|''Echinopla''}}
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Category:Formicinae Category:Ant genera Category:Taxa named by Frederick Smith (entomologist)
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