Ophthalmopone

Ophthalmopone
Scientific classification
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
	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

^ ^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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[Schmidt&Shattuck_2014-1] 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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