Amblyopone
Sign in to saveAmblyopone is a genus of 10 species of ants, found in Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea and New Zealand. Ants of this genus possess gamergates, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen.thumb|left|Living specimen of Amblyopone from Auckland New Zealand about 20mm long
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyFormicidae
Ants in the genus Amblyopone have cryptic foraging habits and are specialist predators on geophilomorph centipedes and other arthropods living in soil or rotten wood. Two species are known from California: A. oregonensis (Wheeler) is found in shaded, medium-elevation coniferous forests in northern California, while A. pallipes (Haldeman) is widespread in chaparral and low elevation woodland. Species identification: Ward (1988). Additional references: Brown (1960a), Creighton (1940b), Haskins (1928), Lattke (1991d), Lacau and Delabie (2002), Traniello (1978, 1982).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,363
- Family
- Formicidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV, CSIRO, INHS, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Australia, Madagascar, United States
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Amblyopone is a genus of 10 species of ants, found in Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea and New Zealand. Ants of this genus possess gamergates, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen.thumb|left|Living specimen of Amblyopone from Auckland New Zealand about 20mm long
==Species== Amblyopone aberrans Wheeler, 1927 Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842 Amblyopone clarki Wheeler, 1927 Amblyopone ferruginea Smith, 1858 Amblyopone gingivalis Brown, 1960 Amblyopone hackeri Wheeler, 1927 Amblyopone leae Wheeler, 1927 Amblyopone longidens Forel, 1910 Amblyopone mercovichi Brown, 1960 Amblyopone michaelseni Forel, 1907
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