''Notostigma'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
ants in the
subfamily Formicinae
The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.
Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and littl ...
and the
sole member of the
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
Notostigmatini.
Its two species are known only from
Australia. Workers are
nocturnal
Nocturnality is an ethology, animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnality, diurnal meaning the opposite.
Nocturnal creatures generally have ...
and forage solitarily.
''Notostigma'' was first described by
Emery (1920), when he erected the new genus for three species of
carpenter ants (''Camponotus'').
Species
* ''
Notostigma carazzii
''Notostigma carazzii'' is a species of ant belonging to the genus '' Notostigma''. The ant was first described by Carlo Emery in 1895. The species is endemic to Australia. Specimens are mainly found in the state of Queensland, and foraging wor ...
''
(Emery, 1895)
* ''
Notostigma foreli''
Emery, 1920
References
External links
*
Formicinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of Australia
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