Amblyopone
Amblyopone is a genus of 9 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]
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| Amblyopone australis worker | |
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| Genus: | Amblyopone Erichson, 1842 |
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| Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842 | |
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| 9 species | |
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Amblyopopona Schulz, 1906 | |
Species
- Amblyopone aberrans Wheeler, 1927
- Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842
- Amblyopone clarki Wheeler, 1927
- Amblyopone gingivalis Brown, 1960
- Amblyopone hackeri Wheeler, 1927
- Amblyopone leae Wheeler, 1927
- Amblyopone longidens Forel, 1910
- Amblyopone mercovichi Brown, 1960
- Amblyopone michaelseni Forel, 1907
- Amblyopone erichson Forel, 1843
References
- Bolton, B. (2014). "Amblyopone". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- 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
- 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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