Rhopalomastix
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| Rhopalomastix | |
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| Rhopalomastix rothneyi worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Alliance: | Carebara genus group |
| Genus: | Rhopalomastix Forel, 1900 |
| Type species | |
| Rhopalomastix rothneyi Forel, 1900 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 10 species | |
Rhopalomastix is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] It is restricted to the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, where the ants nest under the bark of living trees.[3][4]
