Amblyopone

Amblyopone
Amblyopone australis worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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]

Species

• Amblyopone aberrans Wheeler, 1927
• Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842
• Amblyopone clarki Wheeler, 1927
• Amblyopone ferruginea Smith, 1858
• Amblyopone gingivalis Brown, 1960
• Amblyopone hackeri Wheeler, 1927
• Amblyopone leae Wheeler, 1927
• Amblyopone longidens Forel, 1910
• Amblyopone mercovichi Brown, 1960
• Amblyopone michaelseni Forel, 1907

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.

External links

• Data related to Amblyopone at Wikispecies
• Media related to Amblyopone at Wikimedia Commons