Rhopalomastix

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Rhopalomastix
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Rhopalomastix rothneyi worker
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]
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]

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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.