Noonilla
| Noonilla | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Noonilla Petersen, 1968 |
| Species: | Noonilla copiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| N. copiosa Petersen, 1968[1] | |
| Diversity[2] | |
| Monotypic taxon | |
Noonilla is a genus of ants with an uncertain placement (incertae sedis) in the family Formicidae. It contains the single species Noonilla copiosa, first described by Petersen in 1968 based on male specimen from the Philippines .[1] Noonilla was initially placed in the subfamily Leptanillinae, but was later removed from the subfamily when Ogata, Terayama & Masuko (1995) reviewed the genus, leaving the genus incertae sedis in the family.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Petersen, B. (1968). "Some novelties in presumed males of Leptanillinae (Hym., Formicidae)". Entomologiske Meddelelser 36: 577–598.
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2015). "Noonilla". AntCat. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ Ogata, K.; Terayama, M.; Masuko, K. (1995), "The ant genus Leptanilla: discovery of the worker-associated male of L. japonica, and a description of a new species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae).", Systematic Entomology 20: 27–34, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1995.tb00081.x