Ophthalmopone

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]

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[1]
5 species

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