Cryptopone odax
Genus of ants
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Cryptopone odax is a species of ponerine ant native to Australia.[1][2] They were originally placed in their own genus Iroponera, however molecular analysis by Fisher et al. in 2025 places them within the genus Cryptopone.[3]
| Cryptopone odax | |
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| Cryptopone odax worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Alliance: | Odontomachus genus group |
| Genus: | Cryptopone |
| Species: | C. odax |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptopone odax (Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014) | |
Its workers are orange-colored and small in size (2.6 mm). Queens and males of this species remain unknown. Little is known about their biology, but their small eyes indicate a subterranean lifestyle.[2]
