Amblyopone clarki

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Amblyopone clarki
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Amblyopone clarki worker
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Amblyopone
Species:
A. clarki
Binomial name
Amblyopone clarki
Wheeler, 1927

Amblyopone clarki is a ant of the genus Amblyopone. Ants of this genus possess gamergates, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen. [1] No subspecies are listed for Amblyopone clarki. [2]

Amblyopone clarki is locally abundant on the sandy coastal plain north and south of Perth. [3]

References

  1. Ito, F. (1993-12-01). "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): 1315–1324. doi:10.1080/00222939300770751. ISSN   0022-2933.
  2. "Amblyopone clarki Wheeler, 1927 (accepted name)". Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 2025-10-18.
  3. "Amblyopone clarki". AntWiki. Archived from the original on 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-10-18.