Protanilla furcomandibula
Appearance
Protanilla furcomandibula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Genus: | Protanilla |
Species: | P. furcomandibula
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Binomial name | |
Protanilla furcomandibula (Xu & Zhang, 2002)
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Protanilla furcomandibula, formerly Furcotanilla furcomandibula, is a species of ant in the subfamily Leptanillinae.[1] It is only known from Yunnan, China, where it nests in the soil and forages on the ground. Queens and males are unknown.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Genus: Furcotanilla". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Xu, Z.-H. (2012). "Furcotanilla, a new genus of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae from China with descriptions of two new species of Protanilla and P. rafflesi Taylor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Sociobiology. 59 (2): 477–491. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v59i2.612.