Leptanilla macauensis

Leptanilla macauensis
	Holotype worker-LCM00039 L. macauensis sp. nov. in lateral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Leptanillinae
Tribe:	Leptanillini
Genus:	Leptanilla
Species:	L. macauensis
Binomial name
	Leptanilla macauensis; Leong, Yamane & Guénard, 2018

Leptanilla macauensis is a species of ant in the genus Leptanilla. (梁志文), an undergraduate student at National Taiwan University at the time, first collected specimens of this species.^[1] The species was subsequently formally described by Leong, Yamane & Guénard in 2018, the species is only known from specimens collected from Macau by means of a Winkler extractor. Workers are yellowish brown in colour, measuring 1.12 to 1.14 millimetres (0.044 to 0.045 in). The queen has yet to be described.^[2]

References[]

^ "Chi-Man Leong found a new species of ant in Macao". . . Archived from the original on 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
^ Leong, Chi-Man; Yamane, Seiki; Guénard, Benoit (2018). "Lost in the city discovery of the rare ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Macau with description of Leptanilla macauensis sp. nov" (PDF). Asian Myrmecology. Sabah, Malaysia: Penerbit UMS. 10: 1–18. doi:10.20362/am.010001. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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[1] "Chi-Man Leong found a new species of ant in Macao". . . Archived from the original on 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[Leong2018-2] Leong, Chi-Man; Yamane, Seiki; Guénard, Benoit (2018). "Lost in the city discovery of the rare ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Macau with description of Leptanilla macauensis sp. nov" (PDF). Asian Myrmecology. Sabah, Malaysia: Penerbit UMS. 10: 1–18. doi:10.20362/am.010001. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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