Rhopalomastix

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]

Rhopalomastix
Rhopalomastix rothneyi worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Myrmicinae
Tribe:
Crematogastrini
Genus:
Rhopalomastix

Forel, 1900
Type species
Rhopalomastix rothneyi
Forel, 1900
Diversity[1]
6 species

Species
  • Rhopalomastix escherichi Forel, 1911
  • Rhopalomastix janeti Donisthorpe, 1936
  • Rhopalomastix mazu Terayama, 2009
  • Rhopalomastix omotoensis Terayama, 1996
  • Rhopalomastix rothneyi Forel, 1900
  • Rhopalomastix umbracapita Xu, 1999

References
  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Rhopalomastix". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. "Genus: Rhopalomastix". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Terayama, M. (2009). "A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera)". Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts. 17: 81–266.
  4. 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.


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