Rhopalomastix javana

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Rhopalomastix javana Wheeler, 1929 valid

Rhopalomastix rothneyi subsp. javana Wheeler, 1929e: 96, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) INDONESIA (Java). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wang et al., 2018: 310). Type-locality: lectotype Indonesia: E Java, Besoeki, Bondowoso (L.G.K. Kalshoven). Type-depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: paralectotype workers (number not stated), 4 paralectotype queens, 3 paralectotype males. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depositories: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: Lectotype and 2 paralectotype workers are 3 original syntypes on the same pin (MCZ.6.9.20783/ SNM.595.31). Lectotype is the top specimen on the pin. (Source: Wang et al., 2018: 310.)

Lectotype designation: Wang et al., 2018: 310.
Subspecies of Rhopalomastix rothneyi: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 111; Bolton, 1995b: 377; Xu, 1999a: 131 (in key)
Status as species: Wang et al., 2018: 310 (redescription); Wang et al., 2021: 130 (redescription); Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 122; Wang et al., 2022: 98.

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Rhopalomastix rothneyi javana

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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Khachonpisitsak, S.; Yamane, S.; Sriwichai, P.; Jaitrong, W. 2020. An updated checklist of the ants of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 998:1-182. 10.3897/zookeys.998.54902 PDF
Wang, W. Y.; Soh, E. J. Y.; Yong, G. W. J.; Wong, M. K. L.; Guénard, B.; Economo, E. P.; Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006:1-152. [online early] 10.20362/am.015006 PDF
Wang, W. Y.; Yong, G. W. J.; Jaitrong, W. 2018. The ant genus Rhopalomastix (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in Southeast Asia, with descriptions of four new species from Singapore based on morphology and DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 4532:301-340. 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.3.1 PDF
Wang, W. Y.; Yong, G. W. J.; Jaitrong, W. 2021. Revision of the elusive ant genus Rhopalomastix (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Thailand based on morphology and DNA barcodes, with descriptions of three new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 739:117-157. 10.5852/ejt.2021.739.1271 PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1929e. The ant genus Rhopalomastix. Psyche (Cambridge) 36:95-101. PDF
Xu, Z. 1999a. Systematic studies on the ant genera of Carebara, Rhopalomastix and Kartidris in China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Acta Biologica Plateau Sinica 14:129-136. PDF

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