Amblyopone

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 the gamergate, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen.[3]

Amblyopone
Amblyopone australis worker
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Amblyopopona Schulz, 1906
Amblyopopone Dalla Torre, 1893
Neoamblyopone Wheeler, 1927
Protamblyopone Wheeler, 1927

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. Taylor and Francis. 27 (6): 1315–1324. doi:10.1080/00222939300770751. ISSN 0022-2933.


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