Amblyopone clarki

Amblyopone clarki is locally abundant on the sandy coastal plain north and south of Perth, especially in tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala DC.) and Banksia woodlands. Nests of this species are often conspicuous because of the presence of a peculiar little turret of sand, about 5 cm high. The author has often found just one worker (a sentry?) within the apex of the turret. (Heterick 2009)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Amblyopone clarki Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 24, fig. 7 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Status as species: Brown, 1960a: 168, 207; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61; Heterick, 2009: 132.

Syntype workers and queen from Ludlow, Western Australia (5 workers, 1 queen in, 2 workers with uncertain location, 1 worker in ).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1960. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 122: 143-230.
 * Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.