Protanilla gengma

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
Tribus: Anomalomyrmini
Genus: Protanilla
Species: Protanilla gengma

Name

Protanilla gengma Xu, 2012: 485 figs. 13-16

Type locality: CHINA: Yunnan Province, Gengma County, Mengding Town, Nantianmen, 1760m, collected from a soil sample in monsoon evergreen broadleaf forest.

Holotype: SWFU worker, 2011.III.10, Hai-Bin Li leg., No. A11-29.

Paratypes: 6 workers, with the same data as holotype.

Etymology: The new species is named after the type locality “Gengma”.

References

• Xu, Z.-H. 2012a: 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. Full article (PDF) on AntWiki Reference page.