Rhoptromyrmex

Rhoptromyrmex
R. globulinodis worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Tetramoriini
Genus: Rhoptromyrmex
Mayr, 1901
Type species
Rhoptromyrmex globinodis
Mayr, 1901
Diversity[1]
10 species

Rhoptromyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is distributed the tropics of the Afrotropical, Oriental, and Indo-Australian regions.[3]

Species

  • Rhoptromyrmex caritus Bolton, 1986
  • Rhoptromyrmex critchleyi Bolton, 1976
  • Rhoptromyrmex globulinodis Mayr, 1901
  • Rhoptromyrmex mayri Forel, 1912
  • Rhoptromyrmex melleus (Emery, 1897)
  • Rhoptromyrmex opacus Forel, 1909
  • Rhoptromyrmex rawlinsoni Taylor, 1992
  • Rhoptromyrmex schmitzi (Forel, 1910)
  • Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis Mayr, 1901
  • Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii Forel, 1902

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Rhoptromyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Rhoptromyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201.

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