Rhoptromyrmex globulinodis Mayr
  Type location South
Africa (Rhoptromyrmex globulinodis
nov. spec., Mayr, 1901b: 20, all forms) - see type at http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0901025
junior synonyms
alberti (Rhoptromyrmex
globulinodis Mayr r. Alberti
n. stirps, Forel, 1916: 419, worker) from Zaïre, collector H
Kohl - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0909198
obscurus (Rhoptromyrmex
globulinodis Mayr var. obscurus
nov., Santschi, 1932a: 389, worker & male) from Zimbabwe,
Vumbu Mts, G Arnold - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0906143
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 Mayr's (1901b)
description is at  . Forel's (1916)
description of alberti
is at  . Santschi's (1932a)
description of obscurus is at  . Arnold (1917: 352) gave
a translation, this is at  ,  and  . Bolton's modern description (1986a), with
illustrations of all forms, is at  .
WORKER - A minimal description was given by Bolton but
propodeum unarmed; head and alitrunk mainly smooth and shining;
postpetiole subglobular, in dorsal view ca 1.5 times as wide as long;
in profile with a prominent rounded ventral process; 12-segmented
antennae; pilosity on alitrunk usually restricted to the pronotum
(Bolton, 1976, illustrated, full-face head, lateral alitrunk and
pedicel; 1986a).
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The photomontage is
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The
photomontage of a queen is
collated from 
The
photomontage of a male is
collated from