Protanilla furcomandibula, formerly Furcotanilla furcomandibula, is a species of ant in the subfamily Leptanillinae.[1] It is only known from Yunnan, China, where it nests in the soil and forages on the ground. Queens and males are unknown.[2]
| Protanilla furcomandibula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Protanilla |
| Species: | P. furcomandibula
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| Binomial name | |
| Protanilla furcomandibula (Xu & Zhang, 2002)
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References
edit- ^ "Genus: Furcotanilla". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Xu, Z.-H. (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)" (PDF). Sociobiology. 59 (2): 477–491. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v59i2.612.
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