Froggattella
Appearance
Froggattella | |
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Froggattella kirbii worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
Genus: | Froggattella Forel, 1902 |
Type species | |
Acantholepis kirbii | |
Diversity[1] | |
2 species |
Froggattella is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.[2] The genus contains two species found in Australia. Froggattella kirbii is fairly common, while Froggattella latispina is known only from two locations in South Australia.[3]
The two species range from small to medium in size, where they are found foraging in distinct trails on low vegetation or small sized trees.[4]
Species
[edit]- Froggattella kirbii (Lowne, 1865)
- Froggattella latispina Wheeler, 1936
References
[edit]- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Froggattella". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Froggattella". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ Shattuck, S. O. (1996). "The Australian ant genus Froggattella (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) revisited." Australian Journal of Entomology, 35: 43-47
- ^ Shattuck, Steven (1992). "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 21: 1–181.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Froggattella at Wikimedia Commons