Leptanillinae is a subfamily of ants. They are further divided into the tribes Anomalomyrmini and Leptanillini.
Leptanillinae | |
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Leptanilla swani female and worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Leptanillinae Emery, 1910 |
Type genus | |
Leptanilla Emery, 1870
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Diversity[1] | |
6 genera (50-60 species) |
In all Leptanillini, the larvae feed their hemolymph to the queen through specialized processes on their prothoraces and third abdominal segments.[2] This behavior resembles that of the unrelated Adetomyrma, also called Dracula ants, which pierce their larvae to obtain body fluids.[citation needed]
At least Leptanilla and Phaulomyrma are minute, yellow, blind ants that live below the surface.[citation needed]
Distribution
editThe Leptanillinae are mainly spread out in tropical and warm temperate regions in Europe and Australian regions.[3]
Systematics
edit- Anomalomyrmini Bolton, 1990
- Anomalomyrma Taylor, 1990
- Furcotanilla Xu, 2012
- Protanilla Taylor, 1990
- Anomalomyrma Taylor, 1990
- Leptanillini Emery, 1910
- Leptanilla Emery, 1870
- Noonilla Petersen, 1968
- Phaulomyrma G.C. Wheeler & E.W. Wheeler, 1930
- Scyphodon Brues, 1925
- Yavnella Kugler, 1987
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Leptanillinae". AntCat. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Tree of Life Web Project. 2004. Leptanillini. Version 21 October 2004 (temporary). In: The Tree of Life Web Project
- ^ Xu, Zhenghui (2017). "The northern-most record of Leptanillinae in China with description of Protanilla beijingensis sp nov (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". 9 – via Science Citation.
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External links
edit- Media related to Leptanillinae at Wikimedia Commons