Nearctic: California > Amblyoponinae > Amblyopone > Amblyopone oregonensis

Species: Amblyopone oregonensis

Author: P.S.Ward , Revised: 10/26/2002

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Amblyoponinae Genus: Amblyopone

Distribution:

Sierra Nevada and northwestern California. Outside California: Oregon to British Columbia.

Identification:

Worker: inner border of mandible straight; anterior clypeal margin straight; large species (HW 1.21-1.40), with broad head (CI 0.94-1.01).

Biology:

Amblyopone oregonensis is found in shaded, mixed coniferous forest, where it nests in large rotten logs. Colonies are polygynous and often rather diffusely distributed throughout the log. The principal prey appears to be geophilomorph centipedes. Alates emerge in August and September.

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)

oregonensis. Stigmatomma pallipes subsp. oregonense Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 389 (w.q.) U.S.A. Combination in Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 169. Raised to species: Brown, 1960a: 169. See also: Ward, 1988: 105.