Rostromyrmex
Genus of ants
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Rostromyrmex is a genus of myrmicine ants containing the single species Rostromyrmex pasohensis.[1] The genus is known from Peninsular Malaysia, where the ants live in the leaf litter with colonies located in rotten wood on the forest floor. Colonies are small and likely monogynous.[2]
| Rostromyrmex | |
|---|---|
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| Rostromyrmex pasohensis worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Rostromyrmex Rosciszewski, 1994 |
| Species: | R. pasohensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rostromyrmex pasohensis Rosciszewski, 1994 | |