''Furcotanilla'' is a genus of ants in the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Leptanillinae Leptanillinae is a subfamily of ants. They are further divided into the tribes Anomalomyrmini and Leptanillini. In all Leptanillini, the larvae feed their hemolymph Hemolymph, or haemolymph, is a fluid, analogous to the blood in vertebrat ...

containing the single species ''Furcotanilla furcomandibula''. The genus is close to ''

Protanilla ''Protanilla'' is a genus of subterranean ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae. 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 where the type species ''Protanilla furcomandibula'' (now ''Furcotanilla furcomandibula'') was transferred from by Xu (2012). Its only species is known from Yunnan,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, where it nests in the soil and forages on the ground. Queens and males are unknown.

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Leptanillinae Monotypic ant genera Hymenoptera of Asia {{ant-stub