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Rhopalomastix rothneyi
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

photograph © Alex Wild 2004

Rhopalomastix ants nest in galleries under tree bark and are only very rarely encountered.

 
Australia, QLD: Iron Range National Park  25.viii.2004, 12º42.846'S 143º17.218'E, 10m
Rainforest.
#AW2541, voucher specimens deposited at ALWC


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