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[[Image:Amblyopone.pallipes.female.male.-.wheeler.svg|thumb|''A. pallipes'' female and male]]
[[Image:Amblyopone.pallipes.female.male.-.wheeler.svg|thumb|''A. pallipes'' female and male]]
[[Image:Amblyopone.pallipes.larva.-.wheeler.svg|thumb|larva of ''A. pallipes'']]
[[Image:Amblyopone.pallipes.larva.-.wheeler.svg|thumb|larva of ''A. pallipes'']]
'''''Amblyopone''''' is a [[genus]] of amblyoponine [[ant]]s.<ref>Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B.L. 2012: A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera ''Stigmatomma'' and ''Xymmer''. ''PLoS One'', '''7'''(3): e33325. {{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0033325}} [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Yoshimura_%26_Fisher,_2012 reference page]</ref>
'''''Amblyopone''''' is a [[genus]] of amblyoponine [[ant]]s.

==Description==
Workers of ''Amblyopone'' have a well-developed sting, elongate [[Mandible (insect mouthpart)|mandible]]s and reduced or absent eyes. They are similar to ''[[Onychomyrmex]]''.

==Biology==
These [[basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] ants are specialized predators of several kinds of [[arthropod]]s, especially [[centipede]]s.

==Distribution==
''Amblyopone'' is found worldwide in tropical and temperate areas.

==Species==
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* ''[[Amblyopone aberrans]]'' <small>Wheeler, 1927</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone amblyops]]'' <small>(Karavaiev, 1935)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone annae]]'' <small>Arnol'di, 1968</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone armigera]]'' <small>Mayr, 1887</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone australis]]'' <small>Erichson, 1842</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone bellii]]'' <small>Forel, 1900</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone besucheti]]'' <small>Baroni Urbani, 1978</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone bierigi]]'' <small>(Santschi, 1930)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone bruni]]'' <small>(Forel, 1912)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone celata]]'' <small>(Mann, 1919)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone chilensis]]'' <small>Mayr, 1887</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone clarki]]'' <small>Wheeler, 1927</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone degenerata]]'' <small>Borgmeier, 1957</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone denticulata]]'' <small>(Roger, 1859)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone egregia]]'' <small>(Kusnezov, 1955)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone elongata]]'' <small>(Santschi, 1912)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone emeryi]]'' <small>(Saunders, 1890)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone exigua]]'' <small>Clark, 1928</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone falcata]]'' <small>Lattke, 1991</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone feae]]'' <small>(Emery, 1895)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone ferruginea]]'' <small>Smith, 1858</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone fulvida]]'' <small>Terayama, 1987</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone gaetulica]]'' <small>Baroni Urbani, 1978</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone gingivalis]]'' <small>Brown, 1960</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone glauerti]]'' <small>(Clark, 1928)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone gnoma]]'' <small>Taylor, 1979</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone gracilis]]'' <small>Clark, 1934</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone hackeri]]'' <small>Wheeler, 1927</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone impressifrons]]'' <small>Emery, 1869</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone leae]]'' <small>Wheeler, 1927</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone longidens]]'' <small>Forel, 1910</small>
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* ''[[Amblyopone lucida]]'' <small>Clark, 1934</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone lurilabes]]'' <small>Lattke, 1991</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone luzonica]]'' <small>(Wheeler & Chapman, 1925)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone mercovichi]]'' <small>Brown, 1960</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone michaelseni]]'' <small>Forel, 1907</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone minuta]]'' <small>(Forel, 1913)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone monrosi]]'' <small>Brown, 1960</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone mutica]]'' <small>(Santschi, 1914)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone mystriops]]'' <small>Brown, 1960</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone noonadan]]'' <small>Taylor, 1965</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone normandi]]'' <small>(Santschi, 1915)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone ophthalmica]]'' <small>Baroni Urbani, 1978</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone oregonensis]]'' <small>(Wheeler, 1915)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone orizabana]]'' <small>Brown, 1960</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone pallipes]]'' <small>(Haldeman, 1844)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone papuana]]'' <small>Taylor, 1979</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone pertinax]]'' <small>Baroni Urbani, 1978</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone pluto]]'' <small>Gotwald & Levieux, 1972</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone punctulata]]'' <small>Clark, 1934</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone quadrata]]'' <small>(Karavaiev, 1935)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone reclinata]]'' <small>Mayr, 1879</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone rothneyi]]'' <small>Forel, 1900</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone rubiginoa]]'' <small>Wu & Wang, 1992</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone sakaii]]'' <small>Terayama, 1989</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone santschii]]'' <small>(Menozzi, 1922)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone saundersi]]'' <small>Forel, 1892</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone silvestrii]]'' <small>(Wheeler, 1928)</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone smithi]]'' <small>Brown, 1960</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone trigonignatha]]'' <small>Brown, 1949</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone wilsoni]]'' <small>Clark, 1928</small>
* ''[[Amblyopone zwaluwenburgi]]'' <small>(Williams, 1946)</small>
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* ITIS: [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=574173 Genus ''Amblyopone'']
* ITIS: [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=574173 Genus ''Amblyopone'']
* Australian Ants Online: [http://www.ento.csiro.au/science/ants/ponerinae/amblyopone/amblyopone.htm Genus ''Amblyopone'']
* Australian Ants Online: [http://www.ento.csiro.au/science/ants/ponerinae/amblyopone/amblyopone.htm Genus ''Amblyopone'']

Revision as of 04:04, 22 December 2012

Amblyopone
A. pallipes worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Amblyoponinae
Tribe:
Amblyoponini
Genus:
Amblyopone

Erichson, 1842
Type species
Amblyopone australis
Erichson, 1842
Species

see text.

Diversity
> 60 species
Synonyms

Neoamblyopone
Protoamblyopone
Lithomyrmex

A. pallipes female and male
larva of A. pallipes

Amblyopone is a genus of amblyoponine ants.[1]

References

  1. ^ Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B.L. 2012: A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PLoS One, 7(3): e33325. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033325 reference page

Further reading

  • Wheeler, W.M. (1927): Ants of the genus Amblyopone Erichson. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 1-29. PDF

External links

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