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Ecphorella

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Ecphorella
Head of an E. wellmani worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Tapinomini
Genus: Ecphorella
Forel, 1909
Species:
E. wellmani
Binomial name
Ecphorella wellmani
Forel, 1909

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Genus: Ecphorella". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  2. ^ Shattuck 1992, pp. 85–87
  • Shattuck, S. O. (1992), "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).", Sociobiology, 21: 1–181
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