Zatania | |
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Zatania albimaculata worker specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
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 |
Zatania is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] The genus is known from Central America and the Greater Antilles.[3]
The generic name is derived from Greek za, "very", tany, "long", referencing its elongated body features.[3]