Notostigma

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|taxon = Notostigma

|authority = Emery, 1920

|type_species = Camponotus carazzii

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|diversity = 2 species

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Notostigma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Its two species are known only from Australia. Workers are nocturnal 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 (Emery, 1895)
Notostigma foreli (Emery, 1920)

References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Notostigma&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Notostigma |date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |accessdate=23 September 2013}}

{{cite journal |last=Emery |first=C. |date=1920 |title=Le genre Camponotus Mayr. Nouvel essai de la subdivision en sous-genres |journal=Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) |volume=8 |pages=229–260|language=French }}

{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00458.x| title = Nomenclature and Distribution of Some Australian and New Guinean Ants of the Subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)| journal = Australian Journal of Entomology| volume = 31| pages = 57–69| year = 1992| last1 = Taylor | first1 = R. W. | url = https://zenodo.org/record/24845| doi-access = free}}

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External links

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Category:Formicinae

Category:Ant genera

Category:Hymenoptera of Australia