Notostigma
Display parents2
TaxonNotostigma
AuthorityEmery, 1920
Type speciesCamponotus carazzii
Diversity2 species

Notostigma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[1] Its two species are known only from Australia. Workers are nocturnal and forage solitarily.[2] Notostigma was first described by Emery (1920), when he erected the new genus for three species of carpenter ants (Camponotus).[3]

Species

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Notostigma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Emery, C. (1920). "Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres" (in French). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels). 8: 229–260.