Ecphorella wellmani is a species of ant and the only known species of genus Ecphorella.[1] The species is only known from workers from the type locality in Benguela, Angola. Nothing is known about their biology.[2]
| Ecphorella | |
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| Head of an E. wellmani worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Tapinomini |
| Genus: | Ecphorella Forel, 1909 |
| Species: | E. wellmani
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| Binomial name | |
| Ecphorella wellmani Forel, 1909
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References
edit- ^ "Genus: Ecphorella". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ Shattuck 1992, pp. 85–87
- Shattuck, S. O. (1992), "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).", Sociobiology, 21: 1–181
External links
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Media related to Ecphorella wellmani at Wikimedia Commons
