Rotastruma is a small genus of arboreal ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] Its two species are known from the Oriental region: the type species Rotastruma recava is known from the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore, and Rotastruma stenoceps is known from Guangdong, China.[3]
Rotastruma | |
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Rotastruma recava worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Rotastruma Bolton, 1991 |
Type species | |
Rotastruma recava Bolton, 1991
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Diversity[1] | |
2 species |
Little is known about the genus, and like most other arboreal ants, their biology remains unknown. However, they seem to have affinities with Paratopula and Romblonella.[3]
Species
edit- Rotastruma recava Bolton, 1991
- Rotastruma stenoceps Bolton, 1991
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Rotastruma". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Rotastruma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ a b Bolton, B. (1991). "New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Syst. Entomol. 16 (1): 1–13. Bibcode:1991SysEn..16....1B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1991.tb00571.x. S2CID 85041510.
External links
edit- Media related to Rotastruma at Wikimedia Commons