Rhopalomastix

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Melissotarsini
Genus: Rhopalomastix
Species: R. escherichi – R. glabricephala – R. janeti – R. murphyi – R. omotoensis – R. rothneyi – R. striata – R. tenebra – R. umbracapita

Name

Rhopalomastix Forel, 1900: 24

Type species: Rhopalomastix rothneyi, by monotypy.

References

• Forel, A. 1900: Un nouveau genre et une nouvelle espèce de myrmicide. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 44: 24–26.
• Forel, A. 1917: Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Societe Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles, 51: 229–253.
• Bolton, B. 2003: Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71: 1–370.
• Wang, W.Y., Yong, G.W.J. & Jaitrong, W. 2018. The ant genus Rhopalomastix (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Southeast Asia, with descriptions of four new species from Singapore based on morphology and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 4532(3): 301–340. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.1 Reference page. 
• Zhenghui Xu 1999: Systematic studies on the ant genera of Carebara, Rhopalomastix and Kartidris in China (Hymenoptera: Foemicidae: Myrmicinae). Acta Biologica Plateau Sinica, 14.