Paratopula
Paratopula macta worker from Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Paratopula". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Paratopula". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Bolton, B. (1988). "A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 124: 125–143.


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