Rostromyrmex

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Rostromyrmex
Rostromyrmex pasohensis worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Rostromyrmex
Rosciszewski, 1994
Species:
R. pasohensis
Binomial name
Rostromyrmex pasohensis
Rosciszewski, 1994

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]

References[edit]

  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.