Ecphorella
Ecphorella wellmani is a species of ant and the only known species of genus Ecphorella.[1] The species is only known from workers from the type locality in Benguela, Angola. Nothing is known about their biology.[2]
Ecphorella wellmani | |
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Head of an E. wellmani worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Tapinomini |
Genus: | Ecphorella |
Species: | E. wellmani |
Binomial name | |
Ecphorella wellmani Forel, 1909 | |
References
- "Genus: Ecphorella". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- Shattuck 1992, pp. 85–87
- Shattuck, S. O. (1992), "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).", Sociobiology, 21: 1–181
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