Amblyopone obscura

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 109-110

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296758

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/464B1F46-7BD5-DF3F-749A-A779C8B8B9C3

treatment provided by

Donat

scientific name

Amblyopone obscura
status

 

2. Amblyopone obscura   HNS . B.M.

Female. Length 4 lines.-Black and shining: the antennae, mandibles, and face anteriorly ferruginous and punctate-striate, the vertex coarsely punctured; the face with a central channel which terminates at the anterior ocellus. Thorax oblong, rounded anteriorly and truncate posteriorly, the truncation transversely rugose; above coarsely punctured, the sides obliquely striated; the legs and sides more or less ferruginous; wings subhyaline, the nervures fuscous. Abdomen oblong, with scattered punctures; the apex acute and rufo-testaceous.

Worker. Closely resembles the female, but is less coarsely punctured on the vertex, and the truncation of the metathorax is not rugose.

Hab. Australia.

This species is rather larger than A. australis   HNS , of a different colour, and more coarsely sculptured, but may very possibly be only a local variety of the Tasmanian species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Amblyopone

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