Furcotanilla furcomandibula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Leptanillinae
Genus: Furcotanilla
Species: Furcotanilla furcomandibula

Name

Furcotanilla furcomandibula (Xu & Zhang, 2002: 140–142, figs. 1-3)

Type locality: CHINA: Yunnan Province, Kunming, Xishan Forest Park, Huatingsi Temple, 2250m, collected in a soil sample in conifer-broadleaf mixed forest.

Holotype: SWFU worker & paratype worker, 2001.III.31, Zheng-Hui Xu leg., No.A00250.

Synonyms

• Protanilla furcomandibula Xu et Zhang, 2002: 140–142, figs. 1-3.
• Furcotanilla furcomandibula Xu, 2012

References

Primary references

• Xu, Z.-H. & Zhang, J.L. 2002: Two new species of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae from Yunnan, China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Acta zootaxonomica sinica 27(1): 139–144. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Borowiec, M.L.; Schulz, A.; Alpert, G.D.; Baňař, P. 2011: Discovery of the worker caste and descriptions of two new species of Anomalomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) with unique abdominal morphology. Zootaxa, 2810: 1–14. Preview
• Zheng-Hui Xu. 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. PDF.