Rotastruma

Rotastruma
Rotastruma recava worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Alliance: Paratopula genus group
Genus: Rotastruma
Bolton, 1991
Type species
Rotastruma recava
Bolton, 1991
Diversity
2 species

Rotastruma is a small genus of arboreal ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. 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.

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.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Rotastruma". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Genus: Rotastruma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 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.