Ophthalmopone

<i>Ophthalmopone</i>

Ophthalmopone

Genus of ants

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]

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Species

  • Ophthalmopone berthoudi Forel, 1890
  • Ophthalmopone depilis Emery, 1902
  • Ophthalmopone hottentota (Emery, 1886)
  • Ophthalmopone ilgii Forel, 1894
  • Ophthalmopone mocquerysi Emery, 1902

References

  1. [1]
    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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