Amblyopone

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 gamergates, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen.^[3]

Amblyopone
Amblyopone australis 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
Diversity[1]
10 species
Synonyms
Amblyopopona Schulz, 1906 Amblyopopone Dalla Torre, 1893 Neoamblyopone Wheeler, 1927 Protamblyopone Wheeler, 1927

Species

• Amblyopone aberrans Wheeler, 1927
• Amblyopone australis Erichson, 1842
• Amblyopone clarki Wheeler, 1927
• Amblyopone ferruginea Smith, 1858
• Amblyopone gingivalis Brown, 1960
• Amblyopone hackeri Wheeler, 1927
• Amblyopone leae Wheeler, 1927
• Amblyopone longidens Forel, 1910
• Amblyopone mercovichi Brown, 1960
• Amblyopone michaelseni Forel, 1907