''Leptanilla'' is a
genus of
ant in the subfamily
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 ...
. Like other genera in this subfamily, the queen is fed by the
hemolymph of their own larvae, which have specialized processes for this purpose.
[Genus ''Leptanilla'']
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Biology
Some species form colonies consisting of several hundred workers in the soil. They feed on small
arthropods, including
centipede
Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , " foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an ...
s, 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.
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Description
''Leptanilla'' workers have no eyes, and are pale, yellow, and small.[
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Distribution
Several species are found in North Africa, ''S. doderoi'' and ''S. revelierei'' in Corsica
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and Sardinia, ''S. havilandi'' and ''S. butteli'' in the Malay Peninsula, ''S. santschii'' in Java.[ (1932): An Australian ''Leptanilla''. '' Psyche'' 39: 53-58]
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n species that has been described.[
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Species
*''Leptanilla africana
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla alexandri
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Dlussky, 1969
*''Leptanilla astylina
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Petersen, 1968
*''Leptanilla australis
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla besucheti
''Leptanilla besucheti'' is a species of ant. It is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as ...
'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla bifurcata
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Kugler, 1987
*''Leptanilla boltoni
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla buddhista
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla butteli
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Forel, 1913 — Malay Peninsula
The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area ...
*''Leptanilla charonea
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Barandica, López, Martínez & Ortuño, 1994
*''Leptanilla clypeata
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Yamane & Ito, 2001
*''Leptanilla doderoi
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' Emery, 1915 — Corsica, Sardinia
*''Leptanilla escheri
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian s ...
'' (Kutter, 1948)
*''Leptanilla exigua
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Santschi, 1908 — North Africa
*''Leptanilla havilandi
''Leptanilla havilandi'' is a species of ant in the subfamily Leptanillinae. The species can be found in Singapore and Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of St ...
'' Forel, 1901 — Malay Peninsula
*''Leptanilla hunanensis
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Tang, Li & Chen, 1992
*'' Leptanilla islamica'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla israelis
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Kugler, 1987
*''Leptanilla japonica
''Leptanilla japonica'' is an uncommon highly migratory, subterranean ant found in Japan. They are tiny insects, with workers measuring about 1.2 mm and queen ant, queens reaching to about 1.8 mm, and live in very small ant colony, colo ...
'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla judaica
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian ...
'' Kugler, 1987
*''Leptanilla kebunraya
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Yamane & Ito, 2001
*'' Leptanilla kubotai'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla kunmingensis
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian ...
'' Xu & Zhang, 2002
*''Leptanilla lamellata
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Bharti & Kumar, 2012
*'' Leptanilla macauensis'' Leong, Yamane & Guénard, 2018 — Macau
*'' Leptanilla minuscula'' Santschi, 1907 — North Africa
*'' Leptanilla morimotoi'' Yasumatsu, 1960
*''Leptanilla nana
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Santschi, 1915 — North Africa
*''Leptanilla oceanica
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla ortunoi
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian ...
'' López, Martínez & Barandica, 1994
*'' Leptanilla palauensis'' (Smith, 1953)
*'' Leptanilla plutonia'' López, Martínez & Barandica, 1994
*'' Leptanilla poggii'' Mei, 1995
*'' Leptanilla revelierii'' Emery, 1870 — Corsica, Sardinia, Morocco
*'' Leptanilla santschii'' Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930 — Java
*'' Leptanilla swani'' Wheeler, 1932 — Western Australia
*''Leptanilla taiwanensis
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Ogata, Terayama & Masuko, 1995
*''Leptanilla tanakai
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla tanit
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australian ...
'' Santschi, 1907
*''Leptanilla tenuis
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Santschi, 1907 — North Africa
*'' Leptanilla thai'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla theryi
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Forel, 1903 — North Africa
*'' Leptanilla vaucheri'' Emery, 1899 — North Africa
*''Leptanilla yunnanensis
''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. ''S. swani'' is the only Australia ...
'' Xu, 2002
*'' Leptanilla zaballosi'' Barandica, López, Martínez & Ortuño, 1994
References
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q1375333
Leptanillinae
Ant genera
Taxa named by Carlo Emery