Furcotanilla

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Furcotanilla
Protanilla furcomandibula
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Protanilla)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Leptanillinae
Tribe: Leptanillini
Genus: Furcotanilla
Xu, Z., 2012
Type species
Protanilla furcomandibula

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Protanilla.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • FURCOTANILLA [junior synonym of Protanilla]
    • Furcotanilla Xu, 2012c: 481. Type-species: Protanilla furcomandibula Xu & Zhang, 2002: 140, by original designation.
    • Furcotanilla in Leptanillinae, Anomalomyrmini: Xu, 2012c: 482.
    • Furcotanilla junior synonym of Protanilla: Hsu, et al. 2017: 119; Griebenow, 2024: 117.

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