Santschiella is an Afrotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[1] It contains the single species Santschiella kohli, described by Forel in 1916 from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The genus is known only from workers, measuring about 3 mm in length and with large eyes.[2] Forel (1917) placed Santschiella in its own tribe, Santschiellini, where it remain until Bolton (2003) moved it to Gesomyrmecini.[3][4]
| Santschiella | |
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| Santschiella kohli worker from Gabon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Santschiellini Forel, 1917 |
| Genus: | Santschiella Forel, 1916 |
| Species: | S. kohli
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| Binomial name | |
| Santschiella kohli Forel, 1916
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References
edit- ^ "Genus: Santschiella". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Forel, A. (1916). "Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc". Revue suisse de Zoologie (in French). 24 (5): 397–460. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.4645.
- ^ Forel, A. (1917). "Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis". Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles (in French). 51: 229–253.
- ^ Bolton, B. (2003). "Synopsis and classification of Formicidae". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 71: 370. ISBN 1-887988-15-7.
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