Biology:Furcotanilla

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Short description: Genus of ants


Furcotanilla
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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

  1. "Genus: Furcotanilla". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Furcotanilla&rank=genus&project=allantwebants. 
  2. 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 (2): 477–491. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v59i2.612. 

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