Amblyoponinae
| Amblyoponinae |
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| Apomyrma stygia | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamila: | Amblyoponinae Forel, 1893 |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini Forel, 1893 |
| Type genus | |
| Amblyopone |
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| Genera | |
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13 extant genera; 1 fossil genus[1] |
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Amblyoponinae is a subfamily of ants in the poneromorph subfamilies group containing 13 extant genera and one extinct genus. The ants in this subfamily are mostly specialized subterranean predators.[2]
Identification
Amblyoponinae is characterized by these worker characters: eyes small or absent, situated behind midlength of side of head; anterior margin of clypeus with specialized dentiform setae; promesonotal suture flexible; petiole very broadly attached to abdominal segment 3 and without a distinct posterior face; postpetiole absent; sting present and well developed.[2]
Systematics
The subfamily was formerly considered a tribe within Ponerinae, but was elevated to its own subfamily in 2003 when Barry Bolton divided Ponerinae into six subfamilies.[3]
- Amblyoponinae Forel, 1893
- Amblyoponini Forel, 1893
- Adetomyrma Ward, 1994
- Amblyopone Erichson, 1842
- Apomyrma Brown, Gotwald & Lévieux, 1971
- Bannapone Xu, 2000
- †Casaleia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990
- Concoctio Brown, 1974
- Myopopone Roger, 1861
- Mystrium Roger, 1862
- Onychomyrmex Emery, 1895
- Opamyrma Yamane, Bui & Eguchi, 2008
- Prionopelta Mayr, 1866
- Stigmatomma Roger, 1859
- Xymmer Santschi, 1914
- incertae sedis
- Paraprionopelta Kusnezov, 1955
- Amblyoponini Forel, 1893
References
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