| Paratopula | |
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| Paratopula macta worker from Thailand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Paratopula Wheeler, 1919 |
| Type species | |
| Atopomyrmex ceylonicus Emery, 1901 | |
| Diversity [1] | |
| 11 species | |
Paratopula is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. [2] The genus consists of arboreal species known from the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions. Little is known about their biology. [3]