Name - Rhopalomastix

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:4311222 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Rhopalomastix Forel 1900

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Recent Publications

• The ant genus Rhopalomastix (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Southeast Asia, with descriptions of four new species from Singapore based on morphology and DNA barcoding.
• Rhopalomastix is only the second ant genus known to live with armoured scale insects (Diaspididae).
• Revision of the elusive ant genus Rhopalomastix (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Thailand based on morphology and DNA barcodes, with descriptions of three new species.
• Glandular innovations for a tunnelling life: Silk and associated leg glands in Melissotarsus and Rhopalomastix queen and worker ants.
• Nest structure of the bark-digging ant Rhopalomastix (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) and notes on its mutualistic associations with diaspidids in a Thai mango plantation.

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