Rhopalomastix
| Rhopalomastix | |
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| Rhopalomastix rothneyi worker | |
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| Family: | Formicidae
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| Genus: | Rhopalomastix Forel, 1900
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| Rhopalomastix rothneyi Forel, 1900
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| 10 species | |
Rhopalomastix is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] It is restricted to the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, where the ants nest under the bark of living trees.[3][4]
Species[]
- Rhopalomastix escherichi Forel, 1911
- Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
- Donisthorpe, 1936
- Terayama, 2009
- Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
- Terayama, 1996
- Forel, 1900
- Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
- Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
- Xu, 1999
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Rhopalomastix". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Genus: Rhopalomastix". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Terayama, M. (2009). "A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera)". Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts. 17: 81–266.
- ^ Xu, Z. (1999). "Systematic studies on the ant genera of Carebara, Rhopalomastix and Kartidris in China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)". Acta Biologica Plateau Sinica. 14: 129–136.
External links[]
Media related to Rhopalomastix at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Myrmicinae
- Ant genera
- Hymenoptera of Asia
- Hymenoptera of Australia
- Myrmicinae stubs