Amblyopone Erichson

Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68 : 25

publication ID

21008

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6268079

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scientific name

Amblyopone Erichson
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Genus Amblyopone Erichson View in CoL   HNS

Ants in the genus Amblyopone   HNS have cryptic foraging habits and are specialist predators on geophilomorph centipedes and other arthropods living in soil or rotten wood. Two species are known from California: A. oregonensis (Wheeler)   HNS is found in shaded, medium-elevation coniferous forests in northern California, while A. pallipes (Haldeman)   HNS is widespread in chaparral and low elevation woodland.

Species identification: Ward (1988). Additional references: Brown (1960a), Creighton (1940b), Haskins (1928), Lattke (1991d), Lacau and Delabie (2002), Traniello (1978, 1982).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

SubFamily

Amblyoponinae

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