Rostromyrmex

Rostromyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Rostromyrmex pasohensis.[1] The genus is known from Peninsular Malaysia, where the ants live in the leaf litter with colonies located in rotten wood on the forest floor. Colonies are small and likely monogyne.[2]

Rostromyrmex
R. pasohensis worker
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Rostromyrmex

Rosciszewski, 1994
Species:
R. pasohensis
Binomial name
Rostromyrmex pasohensis
Rosciszewski, 1994
Type species
Rostromyrmex pasohensis

References

  1. "Genus: Rostromyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. Rosciszewski, K. (1994). "Rostromyrmex, a new genus of myrmicine ants from peninsular Malaysia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Entomol. Scand. 25 (2): 159–168. doi:10.1163/187631294X00289.


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