Phaulomyrma

Phaulomyrma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae containing a single species, Phaulomyrma javana.[1]

Phaulomyrma
Phaulomyrma sp., male specimen
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Phaulomyrma

Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930
Species:
P. javana
Binomial name
Phaulomyrma javana
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930

The genus was first described in 1930 with Phaulomyrma javana as the type species, based on two males from Bogor on the island of Java. Leptanilla tanit from Tunisia was originally included in the genus by Wheeler & Wheeler (1930),[2] but was transferred back to Leptanilla by Petersen (1968), making the genus monotypic.[3]

References

  1. "Genus: Phaulomyrma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, E. W. (1930). "Two new ants from Java". Psyche. 37: 193–201. doi:10.1155/1930/93593.
  3. Petersen, B. (1968). "Some novelties in presumed males of Leptanillinae (Hym., Formicidae)". Entomologiske Meddelelser. 36: 577–598.


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