Ophthalmopone
Genus of ants
Ophthalmopone | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Ophthalmopone Forel, 1890 |
Type species | |
Ophthalmopone berthoudi Forel, 1890 | |
Diversity[1] | |
5 species |
Ophthalmopone is a ponerine genus of ants found in Sub-Saharan Africa. Workers are slender and large in size (8–13.5 mm). Queens seem to be absent, but gamergates (reproductive female workers) present.[1]
Species
- Ophthalmopone berthoudi Forel, 1890
- Ophthalmopone depilis Emery, 1902
- Ophthalmopone hottentota (Emery, 1886)
- Ophthalmopone ilgii Forel, 1894
- Ophthalmopone mocquerysi Emery, 1902
References
- ^ a b Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa. 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.
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