Furcotanilla
| Furcotanilla | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptanillinae |
| Tribe: | Anomalomyrmini |
| Genus: | Furcotanilla Xu, 2012 |
| Species: | F. furcomandibula |
| Binomial name | |
| Furcotanilla furcomandibula (Xu & Zhang, 2002) | |
| Type species | |
| Protanilla furcomandibula | |
Furcotanilla is a genus of ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae containing the single species Furcotanilla furcomandibula.[1] The genus is close to Protanilla, from where the type species Protanilla furcomandibula (now Furcotanilla furcomandibula) was transferred from by Xu (2012). Its only species is known from Yunnan, China, where it nests in the soil and forages on the ground. Queens and males are unknown.[2]
References
- ↑ "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).". Sociobiology 59: 477–491.