Tetraponera ophthalmica (Emery)

Wheeler, W. M., 1922, The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition., Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45, pp. 39-269 : 107

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6289035
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scientific name	Tetraponera ophthalmica (Emery)
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Nine workers taken by Dr. Bequaert at Thysville agree perfectly with Emery's description. The species is very easily recognized by its huge eyes. The specimens were found "running on limbs of Barteria fistulosa, whose cavities were not inhabited by ants."

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Formicidae
Genus	Tetraponera

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