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last updated 11.Oct.2004


Rhopalomastix

These small, robust myrmicine ants nest in galleries under tree bark.  They are only very rarely encountered, although they have been recorded from India to northern Australia and the Philippines.  The photographs below are possibly the only ever taken of living Rhopalomastix.


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Rhopalomastix rothneyi

Rhopalomastix rothneyi

Rhopalomastix rothneyi


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