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Fig. 9. A dorsal view comparison of worker postpetiole in A) Paratopula ceylonica with globular-shaped postpetiole (from AntWeb, CASENT0908985, photographed by Zach Lieberman), B) Paratopula bauhinia (holotype) with roughly trapezoidal-shaped postpetiole, and anterior margin shorter than the posterior margin.

[[Media:Luo, Y.Y., Guénard, B. 2016. Descriptions of a new species and the gyne in the rarely collected arboreal genera Paratopula and Rotastruma.pdf|Luo, Y.Y. and B. Guénard. 2016. Descriptions of a new species and the gyne in the rarely collected arboreal genera Paratopula and Rotastruma (Hymenopytera: Formicidae) from Hong Kong, with a discussion on their ecology. Asian Myrmecology 8: 1-16 (DOI:10.20362/am.008016).]]