Leptanilla

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Leptanilla
Leptanilla.swani.-.wheeler.svg
L. swani queen and worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Leptanillinae
Tribe:
Leptanillini
Genus:
Leptanilla

Emery, 1870
Diversity[1]
44 species
Synonyms

Leptomesites Kutter, 1948

Leptanilla is a genus of ant in the subfamily Leptanillinae. Like other genera in this subfamily, the queen is fed by the hemolymph of their own larvae, which have specialized processes for this purpose.[2]

Biology[]

Some species form colonies consisting of several hundred workers in the soil. They feed on small arthropods, including centipedes, and are rarely seen because they live underground and rarely come to the surface. In some species the queen is wingless, and new colonies form by budding from established colonies. Others have a nomadic life-style resembling that of army ants.[2]

Description[]

Leptanilla workers have no eyes, and are pale, yellow, and small.[2]

Distribution[]

Several species are found in North Africa, S. doderoi and S. revelierei in Corsica and Sardinia, S. havilandi and S. butteli in the Malay Peninsula, S. santschii in Java.[3] S. swani is the only Australian species that has been described.[2]

Species[]

  • Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Dlussky, 1969
  • Petersen, 1968
  • Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Leptanilla besucheti Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Kugler, 1987
  • Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Forel, 1913 — Malay Peninsula
  • Barandica, López, Martínez & Ortuño, 1994
  • Yamane & Ito, 2001
  • Emery, 1915 — Corsica, Sardinia
  • (Kutter, 1948)
  • Santschi, 1908 — North Africa
  • Forel, 1901 — Malay Peninsula
  • Tang, Li & Chen, 1992
  • Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Kugler, 1987
  • Leptanilla japonica Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Kugler, 1987
  • Yamane & Ito, 2001
  • Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Xu & Zhang, 2002
  • Bharti & Kumar, 2012
  • Leptanilla macauensis Leong, Yamane & Guénard, 2018 — Macau
  • Santschi, 1907 — North Africa
  • Yasumatsu, 1960
  • Santschi, 1915 — North Africa
  • Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • López, Martínez & Barandica, 1994
  • (Smith, 1953)
  • López, Martínez & Barandica, 1994
  • Mei, 1995
  • Emery, 1870 — Corsica, Sardinia, Morocco
  • Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930 — Java
  • Leptanilla swani Wheeler, 1932 — Western Australia
  • Ogata, Terayama & Masuko, 1995
  • Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Santschi, 1907
  • Santschi, 1907 — North Africa
  • Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Forel, 1903 — North Africa
  • Emery, 1899 — North Africa
  • Xu, 2002
  • Barandica, López, Martínez & Ortuño, 1994

References[]

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Leptanilla". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Genus Leptanilla Australian Ants Online
  3. ^ Wheeler (1932): An Australian Leptanilla. Psyche 39: 53-58. PDF

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