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Vampire Ants
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Vampire Ants

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.

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9 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Amblyopone

genusAmblyopone

Stigmatomma

genusStigmatomma

Prionopelta

genusPrionopelta

Myopopone

genusMyopopone

Fulakora

genusFulakora

Snap-jaw Ants

genusMystrium

Onychomyrmex Army Ants

genusOnychomyrmex

Xymmer

genusXymmer

Adetomyrma

genusAdetomyrma

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 338917.