Leptanilloides is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2] Leptanilloides is an uncommonly collected genus with subterranean habits in the New World Andean and sub-Andean tropics.[3]
| Leptanilloides | |
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| Leptanilloides biconstricta worker from Bolivia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Leptanilloides Mann, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Leptanilloides biconstricta Mann, 1923
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 12 species | |
Taxonomy edit
With cryptic and eyeless worker ants, the genus was included in the ant subfamily Cerapachyinae[4][5] until the establishment of a separate subfamily, Leptanilloidinae,[6] hypothesized as the sister group to the Cerapachyinae and all other members of the dorylomorphs.[3] However, they were synonymized with the previous dorylomorph subfamilies (including the Leptanilloidinae) under Dorylinae.[7]
Species edit
- Leptanilloides atlantica Silva, Feitosa, Brandão & Freitas, 2013
- Leptanilloides biconstricta Mann, 1923
- Leptanilloides caracola Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
- Leptanilloides erinys Borowiec & Longino, 201
- Leptanilloides femoralis Borowiec & Longino, 2011
- Leptanilloides gracilis Borowiec & Longino, 2011
- Leptanilloides improvisa Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
- Leptanilloides legionaria Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
- Leptanilloides mckennae Longino, 2003
- Leptanilloides nomada Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
- Leptanilloides nubecula Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
- Leptanilloides sculpturata Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
See also edit
- Amyrmex, sister genus of Leptanilloides
References edit
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Leptanilloides". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Leptanilloides". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ a b Donoso, Vieira & Wild (2006), p. 48.
- ^ Brown (1975).
- ^ Bolton (1990a, 1990b)
- ^ Baroni Urbani, Bolton & Ward (1992).
- ^ Brady et al. (2014).
- Baroni Urbani, C.; Bolton, B.; Ward, P.S. (1992). "The internal phylogeny of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology. 17 (4): 301–329. Bibcode:1992SysEn..17..301U. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1992.tb00553.x. S2CID 85367289.
- Bolton, B. (1990a). "Abdominal characters and status of the cerapachyine ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". Journal of Natural History. 24 (1): 53–68. Bibcode:1990JNatH..24...53B. doi:10.1080/00222939000770051.
- Bolton, B. (1990b). "Army ants reassessed: the phylogeny and classification of the doryline section (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". Journal of Natural History. 24 (6): 1339–1364. Bibcode:1990JNatH..24.1339B. doi:10.1080/00222939000770811.
- Brady, Seán G.; Fisher, Brian L.; Schultz, Ted R.; Ward, Philip S. (2014). "The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1). 93. Bibcode:2014BMCEE..14...93B. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-93. PMC 4021219. PMID 24886136.
- Brown, W.L. (1975). "Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini". Agriculture. 5. Ithaca, New York: 1–115.
This article incorporates text from a scholarly publication published under a copyright license that allows anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute the materials in any form for any purpose: Donoso, David A.; Vieira, Juan M.; Wild, Alexander L. (2006), "Three new species of Leptanilloides Mann from Andean Ecuador (Formicidae: Leptanilloidinae)" (PDF), Zootaxa, 1201: 47–62, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1201.1.2, S2CID 14031121 Please check the source for the exact licensing terms.
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