Biology:Furcotanilla
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Short description: Genus of ants
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| Genus: | Furcotanilla Xu, 2012
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| Species: | F. furcomandibula
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| Furcotanilla furcomandibula (Xu & Zhang, 2002)
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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. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Furcotanilla&rank=genus&project=allantwebants.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q16963270 entry
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