Ophthalmopone

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Ophthalmopone
Scientific classification
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Formicidae
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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[]

  • Forel, 1890
  • Emery, 1902
  • (Emery, 1886)
  • Forel, 1894
  • Emery, 1902

References[]

  1. ^ 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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