Biology:Rhopalomastix
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Short description: Genus of ants
| Rhopalomastix | |
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| Rhopalomastix rothneyi worker | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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| 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]
Species
- Rhopalomastix escherichi Forel, 1911
- Rhopalomastix glabricephala Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
- Rhopalomastix janeti Donisthorpe, 1936
- Rhopalomastix mazu Terayama, 2009
- Rhopalomastix murphyi Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
- Rhopalomastix omotoensis Terayama, 1996
- Rhopalomastix rothneyi Forel, 1900
- Rhopalomastix striata Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
- Rhopalomastix tenebra Wang, Yong & Jaitrong, 2018
- Rhopalomastix umbracapita Xu, 1999
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2015). "Rhopalomastix". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429989.
- ↑ "Genus: Rhopalomastix". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Rhopalomastix&rank=genus&project=allantwebants.
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q10360415 entry
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