Paratopula
Paratopula | |
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P. macta worker from Thailand | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Paratopula Wheeler, 1919 |
Type species | |
Atopomyrmex ceylonicus Emery, 1901 | |
Diversity[1] | |
11 species |
Paratopula is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus consists of arboreal species known from the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions. Little is known about their biology.[3]
Species
- Paratopula andamanensis (Forel, 1903)
- Paratopula ankistra Bolton, 1988
- Paratopula catocha Bolton, 1988
- Paratopula ceylonica (Emery, 1901)
- Paratopula demeta Bolton, 1988
- Paratopula intermedia Sheela & Narendran, 1998
- Paratopula longispina (Stitz, 1938)
- Paratopula macta Bolton, 1988
- Paratopula oculata (Smith, 1857)
- Paratopula sumatrensis (Forel, 1913)
- Paratopula zhengi Xu & Xu, 2011
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Paratopula". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ↑ "Genus: Paratopula". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Bolton, B. (1988). "A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae).". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 124: 125–143.
External links
- Media related to Paratopula at Wikimedia Commons
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