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Ecphorella

Ecphorella wellmani is a species of ant and the only known species of genus Ecphorella. The species is only known from workers from the type locality in Benguela, Angola. Nothing is known about their biology.

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Ecphorella
Head of an E. wellmani worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Tapinomini
Genus: Ecphorella
Forel, 1909
Species:
E. wellmani
Binomial name
Ecphorella wellmani
Forel, 1909

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

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References

  1. "Genus: Ecphorella". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  2. 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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