Rotastruma recava
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Rotastruma
Name
Rotastruma recava Bolton, 1991 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type material examined
Holotype and one paratype worker images examined. Holotype: Malaysia • worker; Sarawak, 4th Division G. Mulu NP; 22 May 1978; N. M. Collins leg.; type image CASENT0901995 of AntWeb (http://www.antweb.org/); BMNH. paratype: SINGAPORE • one worker; Bukit Timah Forest; 15 Mar 1973; D. H. Murphy leg.; type image CASENT0178523 of AntWeb (http://www.antweb.org/); MCZC.
Remarks
This species is easily distinguished from R. epispina sp. nov. and R. stenoceps by the concave occipital margin, convex lateral margin of head and sides of head not having hairs in the worker caste.
Taxon Treatment
- Hosoishi, S; Yamane, S; Sokh, H; 2021: A third species of the rare ant genus Rotastruma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Cambodia, with illustrated generic diagnoses and key to species Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 68(2): 225-233. doi
