Notostigma

Notostigma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.^[2] Its two species are known only from Australia. Workers are nocturnal and forage solitarily.^[3] Notostigma was first described by Emery (1920), when he erected the new genus for three species of carpenter ants (Camponotus).^[4]

Notostigma
Notostigma foreli worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Melophorini
Genus:	Notostigma Emery, 1920
Type species
Camponotus carazzii
Diversity[1]
2 species

Species

• Notostigma carazzii (Emery, 1895)
• Notostigma foreli (Emery, 1920)