Noonilla
| Noonilla | |
|---|---|
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| Noonilla male specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptanillinae |
| Genus: | Noonilla Petersen, 1968 |
| Species: | Noonilla copiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| N. copiosa Petersen, 1968[1] | |
| Diversity[2] | |
| Monotypic taxon | |
Noonilla is a genus of ants of uncertain placement in the family Formicidae. It contains the single species Noonilla copiosa, first described by Petersen in 1968 based on male specimen from the Philippines .[1] Noonilla was initially placed in the subfamily Leptanillinae, but was later removed from the subfamily when Ogata, Terayama & Masuko (1995) reviewed the genus, leaving the genus incertae sedis in the family.[3]
References
- 1 2 Petersen, B. (1968). "Some novelties in presumed males of Leptanillinae (Hym., Formicidae)". Entomologiske Meddelelser 36: 577–598.
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2015). "Noonilla". AntCat. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ Ogata, K.; Terayama, M.; Masuko, K. (1995), "The ant genus Leptanilla: discovery of the worker-associated male of L. japonica, and a description of a new species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae).", Systematic Entomology 20: 27–34, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1995.tb00081.x
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