Ophthalmopone depilis

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Ophthalmopone depilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Ophthalmopone
Species: O. depilis
Binomial name
Ophthalmopone depilis
Emery, 1902

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At a Glance • Gamergate  

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Sao Tome & Principe.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Pachycondyla depilisWorker. Specimen code casent0903881. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • depilis. Ophthalmopone depilis Emery, 1902c: 29 (w.) SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE (São Tomé I.). Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, in Bolton, 1995b: 304; in Ophthalmopone: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 124.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Emery C. 1902. Note mirmecologiche. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)6: 22-34.
  • Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
  • Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004