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Amblyopone

Amblyopone
Amblyopone australis casent0104575 profile 1.jpg
Amblyopone australis worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Genus: Amblyopone
Erichson, 1842
Type species
Amblyopone australis
Erichson, 1842
Diversity
9 species
Synonyms

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


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

Amblyopone is a genus of 9 species of ants, found in Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea and New Zealand. Ants of this genus possess the gamergate, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen.


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