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Genus: Rhoptromyrmex
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Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Rhoptromyrmex
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)
10 species
Rhoptromyrmex Type-species: Rhoptromyrmex globinodis, by subsequent designation of Wheeler, 1911g PDF: 172. AntCat AntWiki
Taxonomic history
| Rhoptromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Stenammini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 383. |
| Rhoptromyrmex in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini: Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 141; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917 PDF: 245; Arnold, 1917 PDF: 351; Wheeler, 1922: 664; Emery, 1924f PDF: 289; all subsequent authors. |
Genus Rhoptromyrmex references
Arnold, 1917 PDF: 351 (diagnosis, South Africa species key); Wheeler, 1922: 194, 908 (diagnosis, Afrotropical catalogue); Emery, 1922c PDF: 186 (Hagioxenus diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 289 (Rhoptromyrmex diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 290 (Rhoptromyrmex (Acidomyrmex) diagnosis, catalogue); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 173, 174 (Asia Acidomyrmex, Ireneela, Rhoptromyrmex checklists); Brown, 1964c: 11 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Bolton, 1976 PDF: 298 (diagnosis, all species key); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 86 (Australia catalogue); Bolton, 1986a PDF: 5 (diagnosis, review of genus, all species key); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 67 (Australia checklist); Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 377 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 163 (Australia synopsis).
Genus Rhoptromyrmex references
Arnold, 1917 PDF: 351 (diagnosis, South Africa species key); Wheeler, 1922: 194, 908 (diagnosis, Afrotropical catalogue); Emery, 1922c PDF: 186 (Hagioxenus diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 289 (Rhoptromyrmex diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1924f PDF: 290 (Rhoptromyrmex (Acidomyrmex) diagnosis, catalogue); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 173, 174 (Asia Acidomyrmex, Ireneela, Rhoptromyrmex checklists); Brown, 1964c: 11 (diagnosis, all species revision, key); Bolton, 1976 PDF: 298 (diagnosis, all species key); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 86 (Australia catalogue); Bolton, 1986a PDF: 5 (diagnosis, review of genus, all species key); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 67 (Australia checklist); Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1052 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 377 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 163 (Australia synopsis).
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2 Species Imaged | View All 2 Species for this genus
Rhoptromyrmex opacus
Rhoptromyrmex transversinodis
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