Froggattella
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]
| 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 | |
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
- Froggattella kirbii (Lowne, 1865)
- Froggattella latispina Wheeler, 1936
References
- 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.
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