Protanilla furcomandibula

Protanilla furcomandibula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Protanilla
Species:
P. furcomandibula
Binomial name
Protanilla furcomandibula
(Xu & Zhang, 2002)

Protanilla furcomandibula, formerly Furcotanilla furcomandibula, is a species of ant in the subfamily Leptanillinae. It is only known from Yunnan, China, where it nests in the soil and forages on the ground. Queens and males are unknown.

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Furcotanilla". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  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)" (PDF). Sociobiology. 59 (2): 477–491. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v59i2.612.