Amblyoponinae

Amblyoponinae Temporal range: Lutetian - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Adetomyrma venatrix worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Amblyoponinae Forel, 1893
Tribe:	Amblyoponini Forel, 1893
Type genus
Amblyopone Erichson, 1842
Genera
9 extant genera; 1 fossil genus [1]

Amblyoponinae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing 13 extant genera and one extinct genus. The ants in this subfamily are mostly specialized subterranean predators. ^[1] Adult workers pierce the integument (non lethally) of their larvae and pupa to imbibe haemolymph, earning them the common name Dracula ant. ^[2]

Identification

Amblyoponinae is characterized by these worker characters: eyes small or absent, situated behind midlength of side of head; anterior margin of clypeus with specialized dentiform setae; promesonotal suture flexible; petiole very broadly attached to abdominal segment 3 and without a distinct posterior face; postpetiole absent; sting present and well developed. ^[1]

Systematics

The subfamily was formerly considered a tribe within Ponerinae, but was elevated to its own subfamily in 2003 when Barry Bolton divided Ponerinae into six subfamilies. ^[3]

• AmblyoponinaeForel, 1893
  • AmblyoponiniForel, 1893
    • Adetomyrma Ward, 1994
    • Amblyopone Erichson, 1842
    • † Casaleia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990
    • Fulakora Mann, 1919
    • Myopopone Roger, 1861
    • Mystrium Roger, 1862
    • Onychomyrmex Emery, 1895
    • Prionopelta Mayr, 1866
    • Stigmatomma Roger, 1859
    • Xymmer Santschi, 1914

References

1. "Subfamily: Amblyoponinae". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 21 January 2021.
2. WARD, PHILIP S.; FISHER, BRIAN L. (2 June 2016). "Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" . Systematic Entomology. 41 (3): 683–693. Bibcode:2016SysEn..41..683W. doi:10.1111/syen.12186. ISSN   0307-6970. S2CID   51820029.
3. Fisher, Brian L.; Cover, Stefan P. (2007). Ants of North America: A Guide to the Genera. University of California Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN   978-0-520-93455-9.

• This article incorporates text from a scholarly publication published under a copyright license that allows anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute the materials in any form for any purpose: Bolton, B. (2013), "An online catalog of the ants of the world.", AntCat, retrieved 22 September 2013 Please check the source for the exact licensing terms.

External links

• Media related to Amblyoponinae at Wikimedia Commons
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