{{Short description|Subfamily of ants}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range= {{fossilrange|Lutetian|0| Lutetian - Recent}} | image = Adetomyrma venatrix casent0172771 profile 1.jpg | image_caption = ''Adetomyrma venatrix'' worker | parent_authority = Forel, 1893 | taxon = Amblyoponini |display_parents = 3 | authority = Forel, 1893 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = 9 extant genera; 1 fossil genus<ref name="AWAmblyoponinae"/> | type_genus = ''Amblyopone'' | type_genus_authority = Erichson, 1842 }}
'''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.<ref name="AWAmblyoponinae"/> Adult workers non-lethally pierce the integument of their larvae and pupae to imbibe haemolymph, earning them the common name '''Dracula ant'''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=WARD |first1=PHILIP S. |last2=FISHER |first2=BRIAN L. |date=2016-06-02 |title=Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/syen.12186 |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=683–693 |doi=10.1111/syen.12186 |bibcode=2016SysEn..41..683W |s2cid=51820029 |issn=0307-6970|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Identification== The subfamily is characterized by these worker characters: eyes small or absent, situated behind midlength of side of head; anterior margin of clypeus with specialized dentiform setae; promesonotal suture flexible; petiole very broadly attached to abdominal segment 3 and without a distinct posterior face; postpetiole absent; sting present and well developed.<ref name="AWAmblyoponinae"/>
==Systematics== The subfamily was formerly considered a tribe within Ponerinae, but was elevated to its own subfamily in 2003 when Barry Bolton divided Ponerinae into six subfamilies.<ref name="FisherCover2007"/>
*'''Amblyoponinae''' <small>Forel, 1893</small> ** '''Amblyoponini''' <small>Forel, 1893</small> *** ''Adetomyrma'' <small>Ward, 1994</small> *** ''Amblyopone'' <small>Erichson, 1842</small> *** †''Casaleia'' <small>Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1990</small> *** ''Fulakora'' <small>Mann, 1919</small> *** ''Myopopone'' <small>Roger, 1861</small> *** ''Mystrium'' <small>Roger, 1862</small> *** ''Onychomyrmex'' <small>Emery, 1895</small> *** ''Prionopelta'' <small>Mayr, 1866</small> *** ''Stigmatomma'' <small>Roger, 1859</small> *** ''Xymmer'' <small>Santschi, 1914</small>
==References== {{Reflist|2|refs=
<ref name="AWAmblyoponinae">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?&name=amblyoponinae&rank=subfamily&project=allantwebants |title=Subfamily: Amblyoponinae |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=21 January 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="FisherCover2007">{{cite book|first1=Brian L. |last1=Fisher|first2=Stefan P. |last2=Cover|title=Ants of North America: A Guide to the Genera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nO3hnw8vDRIC&pg=PA58|year=2007|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-93455-9|pages=57–58}}</ref>
}} {{refbegin}} * {{OA-attribution| {{Citation| last = Bolton| first = B. | author-link = Barry Bolton| date = 2013| title = An online catalog of the ants of the world.| url = http://antcat.org| access-date = 22 September 2013| work = AntCat}} }} {{refend}}
==External links==
* Media related to Amblyoponinae at Wikimedia Commons {{Formicidae subfamilies}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q139135}}
Category:Amblyoponinae Category:Ant subfamilies Category:Extant Lutetian first appearances Category:Taxa named by Auguste Forel
{{ant-stub}}