Amblyopone
Genus of ants
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Amblyopone is a genus of 10 species of ants, found in Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea and New Zealand.[2] Ants of this genus possess gamergates, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen.[3]
| Amblyopone | |
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| Amblyopone australis worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
| Genus: | Amblyopone Erichson, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 10 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amblyopopona Schulz, 1906 | |
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
