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Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii (Forel, 1902)
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Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii, worker, frontal
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Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii, worker, frontal

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Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii, worker, head
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Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii, worker, head
Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii, worker, side
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Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii, worker, side

Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii, worker, top
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Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii, worker, top
Overview
This is another rare ant in a small genus.

Identification
This genus may be confused with Tetramorium, but the ventral keel of the petiole and the heart-shaped head are diagnostic character states.

Names
Scientific source:

Geographic distribution
In the Philippines, Baguio City (not "Boguio"), Benguet Province, Luzon Island.

References
Brown, W.L. Jr. 1964. Genus Rhoptromyrmex, revision of, and key to species. Pilot Register of Zoology, cards 11-19.

Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini. Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)34: 281-379.

Bolton, B. 1986. A taxonomic and biological review of the tetramoriine ant genus Rhoptromyrmex. Systematic Entomology 11: 1-17.


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