Notostigma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] Its two species are known only from Australia. Workers are nocturnal and forage solitarily.[3] Notostigma was first described by Emery (1920), when he erected the new genus for three species of carpenter ants (Camponotus).[4]
| Notostigma | |
|---|---|
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| Notostigma foreli worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Melophorini |
| Genus: | Notostigma Emery, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Camponotus carazzii | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 2 species | |
Species
edit- Notostigma carazzii (Emery, 1895)
- Notostigma foreli (Emery, 1920)
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Notostigma". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Notostigma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Taylor, R. W. (1992). "Nomenclature and Distribution of Some Australian and New Guinean Ants of the Subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 31: 57–69. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00458.x.
- ^ Emery, C. (1920). "Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres". Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) (in French). 8: 229–260.
External links
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