Paratopula
Paratopula is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus consists of arboreal species known from the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions. Little is known about their biology.[3]
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| P. macta worker from Thailand | |
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| Genus: | Paratopula Wheeler, 1919 |
| Type species | |
| Atopomyrmex ceylonicus Emery, 1901 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 11 species | |
Species
- Paratopula andamanensis (Forel, 1903)
- Paratopula ankistra Bolton, 1988
- Paratopula catocha Bolton, 1988
- Paratopula ceylonica (Emery, 1901)
- Paratopula demeta Bolton, 1988
- Paratopula intermedia Sheela & Narendran, 1998
- Paratopula longispina (Stitz, 1938)
- Paratopula macta Bolton, 1988
- Paratopula oculata (Smith, 1857)
- Paratopula sumatrensis (Forel, 1913)
- Paratopula zhengi Xu & Xu, 2011
References
- Bolton, B. (2014). "Paratopula". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- "Genus: Paratopula". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- Bolton, B. (1988). "A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 124: 125–143.
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