Noonilla

Noonilla
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. 1 2 Petersen, B. (1968). "Some novelties in presumed males of Leptanillinae (Hym., Formicidae)". Entomologiske Meddelelser. 36: 577–598.
  2. Bolton, B. (2015). "Noonilla". AntCat. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. 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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