Zatania is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] The genus is known from Central America and the Greater Antilles.[3]
| Zatania | |
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| Zatania albimaculata worker specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Zatania LaPolla, Kallal & Brady, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Paratrechina cisipa | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 7 species | |
The generic name is derived from Greek za, "very", tany, "long", referencing its elongated body features.[3]
Species edit
- Zatania albimaculata (Santschi, 1930)
- Zatania cisipa (Smith & Lavigne, 1973)
- Zatania darlingtoni (Wheeler, 1936)
- †Zatania electra LaPolla, Kallal & Brady, 2012
- Zatania gibberosa (Roger, 1863)
- Zatania gloriosa LaPolla, Kallal & Brady, 2012
- Zatania karstica (Fontenla, 2000)
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Zatania". AntCat. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Genus: Zatania". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ a b LaPolla, J. S.; Kallal, R. J.; Brady, S. G. (2012). "A new ant genus from the Greater Antilles and Central America, Zatania (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), exemplifies the utility of male and molecular character systems". Systematic Entomology. 37 (1): 200–214. Bibcode:2012SysEn..37..200L. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00605.x. S2CID 84919642.