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Amblyopone
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Amblyopone

Amblyopone is a genus of 9 species of ants, found in Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea and New Zealand. Ants of this genus possess the gamergate, meaning workers are able to reproduce within a colony lacking a queen.

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Southern Michelin Ant

speciesAmblyopone australis

Amblyopone ferruginea

speciesAmblyopone ferruginea

Amblyopone longidens

speciesAmblyopone longidens

Amblyopone michaelseni

speciesAmblyopone michaelseni

Amblyopone hackeri

speciesAmblyopone hackeri

Amblyopone clarki

speciesAmblyopone clarki

Amblyopone aberrans

speciesAmblyopone aberrans

Amblyopone gingivalis

speciesAmblyopone gingivalis

Amblyopone leae

speciesAmblyopone leae

Amblyopone mercovichi

speciesAmblyopone mercovichi

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Where it lives

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 68922.