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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Ophthalmopone Forel, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Ophthalmopone berthoudi Forel, 1890
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 5 species | |
Species edit
- Ophthalmopone berthoudi Forel, 1890
- Ophthalmopone depilis Emery, 1902
- Ophthalmopone hottentota (Emery, 1886)
- Ophthalmopone ilgii Forel, 1894
- Ophthalmopone mocquerysi Emery, 1902
References edit
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