- Source: Amblyoponinae
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. Adult workers pierce the integument (non lethally) of their larvae and pupa to imbibe haemolymph, earning them the common name Dracula ant.
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.
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.
Amblyoponinae Forel, 1893
Amblyoponini Forel, 1893
Adetomyrma Ward, 1994
Amblyopone Erichson, 1842
†Casaleia Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990
Fulakora Mann, 1919
Myopopone Roger, 1861
Mystrium Roger, 1862
Onychomyrmex Emery, 1895
Prionopelta Mayr, 1866
Stigmatomma Roger, 1859
Xymmer Santschi, 1914
References
External links
Media related to Amblyoponinae at Wikimedia Commons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgqK0hrZ9kM
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- Adetomyrma
- Ponerinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Adetomyrma
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