Ophthalmopone
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Family: | Formicidae
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Genus: | Ophthalmopone Forel, 1890
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Ophthalmopone berthoudi Forel, 1890
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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[]
- Forel, 1890
- Emery, 1902
- (Emery, 1886)
- Forel, 1894
- 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.
Categories:
- Ponerinae
- Ant genera
- Hymenoptera of Africa
- Ponerinae stubs