Amblyopone | |
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Amblyopone australis worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
Tribe: | Amblyoponini |
Genus: | Amblyopone Erichson, 1842 |
Type species | |
Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842
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Diversity[1] | |
10 species | |
Synonyms | |
Amblyopopona Schulz, 1906 |
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 the gamergate, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen.[3]