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

publication ID	20597
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6289035
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scientific name	Tetraponera ophthalmica (Emery)
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Tetraponera ophthalmica (Emery) View in CoL HNS

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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."