Ophthalmopone

Ophthalmopone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus:
Forel, 1890
Type species
Ophthalmopone berthoudi
Forel, 1890
Diversity[1]
5 species

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]

Species

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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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