Amblyoponini
| Amblyoponini Temporal range:
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| Adetomyrma venatrix worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Clade: | Poneria |
| Clade: | Amblyoponomorpha |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae Forel, 1893 |
| Tribe: | Amblyoponini Forel, 1893 |
| Type genus | |
| Amblyopone Erichson, 1842
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| Genera | |
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9 extant genera; 1 fossil genus | |
Amblyoponini is the sole tribe of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae containing 13 extant genera and one extinct genus. The ants in this subfamily are mostly specialized subterranean predators. Adult workers non-lethally pierce the integument of their larvae and pupae to imbibe haemolymph, earning them the common name Dracula ant.