Protanilla tibeta

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 tibeta

Name

Protanilla tibeta Xu, 2012: 487 figs. 17-20

Type locality: CHINA: Tibet, Medog County, Damu Town, Damu Village, 1200m, collected from a soil sample in the valley tropical rain forest.

Holotype: SWFU worker, 2011.VII.20, leg. Xia Liu, No.A11-3925.

Paratype: 1 worker, with the same data as holotype, but collected from a ground sample, No.A11-3863.

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

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.