Protanilla

Protanilla usually occur in well-developed forests but can sometimes be found along forest edges. They nest in rotten wood fragments and in soil (Vietnam, Eguchi et al 2014). In Borneo colonies, complete with dealate queens, were found in very rotten wood (one log, one partially buried stump) which were in an advanced stage of decay, the bulk of the colony being in the soil-wood layer immediately above the underlying clay soil.

Species richness
Species richness by country based on regional taxon lists (countries with darker colours are more species-rich). View Data



Nomenclature

 *  PROTANILLA [Leptanillinae: Anomalomyrmini]
 * Protanilla Taylor, in Bolton, 1990b: 279. Type-species: Protanilla rafflesi Taylor, in Bolton, 1990b: 279, by original designation.
 * Protanilla in Leptanillinae: Anomalomyrmini: Bolton, 1990b: 279; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Kugler, C. 1992: 107; Bolton, 1994: 70; Bolton, 2003: 152.
 * Protanilla as genus: all authors.
 * Protanilla as senior synonym of Furcotanilla: Hsu, et al. 2017: 119, 128.
 * Protanilla catalogues: Bolton, 1995b: 369.
 * FURCOTANILLA [junior synonym of Protanilla]
 * Furcotanilla Xu, 2012c: 481. Type-species: Protanilla furcomandibula Xu & Zhang, 2002: 140, by original designation.
 * Furcotanilla in Leptanillinae, Anomalomyrmini: Xu, 2012c: 482.
 * Furcotanilla junior synonym of Protanilla: Hsu, et al. 2017: 119.