{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Zatania albimaculata casent0106052 profile 1.jpg | image_caption = ''Zatania albimaculata'' worker specimen | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Zatania | authority = LaPolla, Kallal & Brady, 2012 | type_species = ''Paratrechina cisipa'' | diversity_link = #Species | diversity = 7 species | diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|429215|''Zatania''|2014|access-date=31 October 2021}}</ref> }}
'''''Zatania''''' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.<ref name="AWZatania"/> The genus is known from Central America and the Greater Antilles.<ref name="LaPolla_et_al_2012"/>
The generic name is derived from Greek ''za'', "very", ''tany'', "long", referencing its elongated body features.<ref name="LaPolla_et_al_2012"/>
==Species== * ''Zatania albimaculata'' <small>(Santschi, 1930)</small> * ''Zatania cisipa'' <small>(Smith & Lavigne, 1973)</small> *''Zatania darlingtoni'' <small>(Wheeler, 1936)</small> * †''Zatania electra'' <small>LaPolla, Kallal & Brady, 2012</small> * ''Zatania gibberosa'' <small>(Roger, 1863)</small> * ''Zatania gloriosa'' <small>LaPolla, Kallal & Brady, 2012</small> * ''Zatania karstica'' <small>(Fontenla, 2000)</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="AWZatania">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Zatania&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title=Genus: ''Zatania'' |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=23 September 2013 |archive-date=29 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929025839/http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Zatania&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="LaPolla_et_al_2012">{{cite journal |last1=LaPolla |first1=J. S. |last2=Kallal |first2=R. J. |last3=Brady |first3=S. G. |date=2012 |title=A new ant genus from the Greater Antilles and Central America, ''Zatania'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), exemplifies the utility of male and molecular character systems. |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=200–214 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00605.x|bibcode=2012SysEn..37..200L |s2cid=84919642 }}</ref> }}
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Category:Formicinae Category:Ant genera Category:Hymenoptera of North America
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