Santschiella | |
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Santschiella kohli worker from Gabon | |
Scientific classification | |
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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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 | |
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
|
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]