Hsu Po-Wei, Hsu Feng-Chuan, Hsiao Yun, Lin Chung-Chi
Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, No. 27, Lane 113, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei 106, Taiwan..
Zootaxa. 2017 May 15;4268(1):117-130. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.1.7.
A new species of Protanilla Taylor, 1990, P. jongi sp. nov., from Taiwan is described and illustrated, along with a supplementary description of the queen morphology of P. lini Terayama, 2009 and biological notes of Protanilla species. Furthermore, Furcotanilla Xu, 2012 is considered a junior synonym of Protanilla on reanalysis of purported diagnostic characters. A key to the world fauna of genus Protanilla based on the worker caste is provided.
描述并图示了来自台湾的原拟蚁属(Protanilla Taylor,1990)的一个新物种——jongi原拟蚁(P. jongi sp. nov.),同时还补充描述了2009年发现的lini原拟蚁(P. lini Terayama)蚁后的形态以及原拟蚁属物种的生物学记录。此外,在对所谓的诊断特征进行重新分析后,2012年的叉拟蚁属(Furcotanilla Xu)被认为是原拟蚁属的次异名。提供了基于工蚁等级的原拟蚁属全球动物区系检索表。