Yavnella
Appearance
Yavnella | |
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Yavnella argamani male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Leptanillinae |
Tribe: | Leptanillini |
Genus: | Yavnella Kugler, 1987 |
Type species | |
Yavnella argamani Kugler, 1987
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Diversity[1] | |
2 species |
Yavnella is a genus of ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae.[2] Its two species are distributed in India and Israel.[3] The genus is known only from male specimens.[4]
Species
[edit]- Yavnella argamani Kugler, 1987 – Israel
- Yavnella indica Kugler, 1987 – India
References
[edit]- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Yavnella". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Yavnella". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ Kugler, J. (1987) [1986]. "The Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Israel and a description of a new species from India". Israel Journal of Entomology. 20: 45–57.
- ^ 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 (1): 27–34, Bibcode:1995SysEn..20...27O, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1995.tb00081.x, S2CID 85973598
External links
[edit]- Media related to Yavnella at Wikimedia Commons