Protanilla

Protanilla is a genus of subterranean ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae.^[2] Known from the Indomalayan realm, the genus contains about thirteen species. The genus was erected by Taylor (1990) for the type species P. rafflesi, described from workers from Peninsular Malaysia. Species in this genus have long and downcurved mandibles with peg-like tooth on the inner margins. Four species are known from China (P. bicolor, P. concolor, P. gengma and P. tibeta), one from Taiwan (P. lini), one from Sri Lanka (P. schoedli)^[3][4] and a couple from India (P. wardi, P. flamma).^[5][6]

Protanilla
Protanilla rafflesi worker
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Leptanillinae
Tribe:	Leptanillini
Genus:	Protanilla Taylor, 1990
Type species
Protanilla rafflesi Taylor, 1990
Diversity[1]
13 species

Species

• Protanilla beijingensis Man et al., 2017
• Protanilla bicolor Xu, 2002
• Protanilla concolor Xu, 2002
• Protanilla flamma Baidya & Bagchi, 2020
• Protanilla furcomandibula Xu & Zhang, 2002
• Protanilla gengma Xu, 2012
• Protanilla izanagi Terayama, 2013
• Protanilla jongi Hsu et al., 2017
• Protanilla lini Terayama, 2009
• Protanilla rafflesi Taylor, 1990
• Protanilla schoedli Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2006
• Protanilla tibeta Xu, 2012
• Protanilla wardi Bharti & Akbar, 2015