Rhopalomastix

Rhopalomastix
Rhopalomastix rothneyi worker
Scientific classification
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]

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

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.

External links

• Media related to Rhopalomastix at Wikimedia Commons