Ophthalmopone
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]
| Ophthalmopone | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Ophthalmopone Forel, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Ophthalmopone berthoudi Forel, 1890 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 5 species | |
Species
- Ophthalmopone berthoudi Forel, 1890
- Ophthalmopone depilis Emery, 1902
- Ophthalmopone hottentota (Emery, 1886)
- Ophthalmopone ilgii Forel, 1894
- Ophthalmopone mocquerysi Emery, 1902
References
- 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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