''Amblyopone'' is a
genus
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of 10 species of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
s, found in
Australia,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea
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and
New Zealand
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.
[Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B.L. 2012: A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera ''Stigmatomma'' and ''Xymmer''. ''PLoS One'', 7(3): e33325. reference page] Ants of this genus possess the
gamergate
Gamergate may refer to:
* Gamergate (ant), a worker ant that can store sperm and reproduce sexually
* Gamergate (harassment campaign), targeting women in the video game industry
* Lt. Gamergate, a character in the ''Adventure Time'' episode " Den ...
, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen.
Species
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Amblyopone aberrans''
Wheeler, 1927
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Amblyopone australis''
Erichson, 1842
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Amblyopone clarki''
Wheeler, 1927
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Amblyopone ferruginea''
Smith, 1858
*''
Amblyopone gingivalis''
Brown, 1960
*''
Amblyopone hackeri''
Wheeler, 1927
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Amblyopone leae''
Wheeler, 1927
*''
Amblyopone longidens''
Forel, 1910
*''
Amblyopone mercovichi''
Brown, 1960
*''
Amblyopone michaelseni''
Forel, 1907
References
External links
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Amblyoponinae
Ant genera
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