Opisthopsis

Belongs within: Camponotini.

Opisthopsis, strobe ants, is an Australasian genus of formicine ants with very large eyes placed high on the head at the posterior corners of the capsule.

Opisthopsis Emery 1893 [=Myrmecopsis Smith 1865 non Newman 1850]TB85
    |--*O. respiciens (Smith 1865) [=Formica (*Myrmecopisis) respiciens]TB85
    |    |--O. r. respiciensTB85
    |    `--O. r. moestus Wheeler 1918TB85
    |--O. diadematus Wheeler 1918TB85
    |    |--O. d. diadematusTB85
    |    `--O. d. dubius Wheeler 1918TB85
    |--O. haddoni Emery 1893TB85
    |    |--O. h. haddoniTB85
    |    `--O. h. rufoniger Forel 1910TB85
    |--O. lienosus Wheeler 1918TB85
    |--O. major Forel 1902TB85
    |--O. maurus Wheeler 1918TB85
    |--O. pictus Emery 1895TB85
    |    |--O. p. pictusTB85
    |    |--O. p. bimaculatus Wheeler 1918TB85
    |    |--O. p. lepidus Wheeler 1918TB85
    |    `--O. p. palliatus Wheeler 1918TB85
    `--O. rufithorax Emery 1895TB85

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[TB85] Taylor, R. W., & D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. In: Walton, D. W. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia vol. 2. Hymenoptera: Formicoidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea pp. 1–149. Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra.