Amblyopone

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Amblyopone
Amblyopone australis casent0104575 profile 1.jpg
Amblyopone australis worker
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Tribe: Amblyoponini
Genus: Amblyopone
Erichson, 1842
Type species
Amblyopone australis
Erichson, 1842
Diversity [1]
10 species
Synonyms

AmblyopoponaSchulz, 1906
AmblyopoponeDalla Torre, 1893
NeoamblyoponeWheeler, 1927
ProtamblyoponeWheeler, 1927

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Amblyopone is a genus of 10 species of ants, found in Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea and New Zealand. [2] Ants of this genus possess gamergates, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen. [3]

Living specimen of Amblyopone from Auckland New Zealand about 20mm long Amblyopone from New Zealand.jpg
Living specimen of Amblyopone from Auckland New Zealand about 20mm long








Species

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Amblyopone". AntCat. Retrieved 21 Jan 2021.
  2. ↑ Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B.L. 2012: A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PLoS One, 7(3): e33325. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0033325 reference page
  3. ↑ Ito, Fuminori (1993). "Social organization in a primitive ponerine ant: queenless reproduction, dominance hierarchy and functional polygyny in Amblyopone sp. (reclinata group) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)". Journal of Natural History . 27 (6). Taylor and Francis: 1315–1324. Bibcode:1993JNatH..27.1315I. doi:10.1080/00222939300770751. ISSN   0022-2933.
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