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Yavnella

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Yavnella
Yavnella argamani male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Leptanillinae
Tribe: Leptanillini
Genus: Yavnella
Kugler, 1987
Type species
Yavnella argamani
Kugler, 1987
Diversity[1]
2 species

Yavnella is a genus of ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae.[2] Its two species are distributed in India and Israel.[3] The genus is known only from male specimens.[4]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Yavnella". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Genus: Yavnella". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ Kugler, J. (1987) [1986]. "The Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Israel and a description of a new species from India". Israel Journal of Entomology. 20: 45–57.
  4. ^ Ogata, K.; Terayama, M.; Masuko, K. (1995), "The ant genus Leptanilla: discovery of the worker-associated male of L. japonica, and a description of a new species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae).", Systematic Entomology, 20 (1): 27–34, Bibcode:1995SysEn..20...27O, doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1995.tb00081.x, S2CID 85973598
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