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.Genus Leptanilla Australian Ants Online
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.
Description Leptanilla workers have no eyes, and are pale, yellow, and small.
Distribution Several species are found in North Africa, L. doderoi and L. revelierei in Corsica and Sardinia, L. havilandi and L. butteli in the Malay Peninsula, L. santschii in Java. (1932): An Australian Leptanilla. Psyche 39: 53-58. PDF L. swani and L. voldemort are the only two Australian species that have been described.
Species
Leptanilla acherontia Griebenow, 2024 Leptanilla africana Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla alexandri Dlussky, 1969 Leptanilla anomala (Brues, 1925) Leptanilla argamani (Kugler, 1987) Leptanilla astylina Petersen, 1968 Leptanilla australis Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla beijingensis Qian et al., 2024 Leptanilla belantan Griebenow et al., 2024 Leptanilla belantanoides Griebenow et al., 2025 Leptanilla besucheti Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla bethyloides Griebenow et al., 2024 Leptanilla bifurcata Kugler, 1987 Leptanilla boltoni Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla buddhista Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla butteli Forel, 1913 Leptanilla charonea Barandica et al., 1994 Leptanilla clypeata Yamane & Ito, 2001 Leptanilla copiosa (Petersen, 1968) Leptanilla dehongensis Qian et al., 2024 Leptanilla doderoi Emery, 1915 Leptanilla escheri (Kutter, 1948) Leptanilla exigua Santschi, 1908 Leptanilla fuminorii Sasaki & Yamane, 2026 Leptanilla havilandi Forel, 1901 Leptanilla hunanensis Tang et al., 1992 Leptanilla hypodracos Wong & Guénard, 2016Zoo Bank Leptanilla indica (Kugler, 1987) Leptanilla islamica Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla israelis Kugler, 1987 Leptanilla japonica Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla javana (Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930) Leptanilla judaica Kugler, 1987 Leptanilla kebunraya Yamane & Ito, 2001 Leptanilla kubotai Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla kunmingensis Xu & Zhang, 2002 Leptanilla lamellata Bharti & Kumar, 2012 Leptanilla laventa (Griebenow et al., 2022) Leptanilla macauensis Leong et al., 2018 Leptanilla minuscula Santschi, 1907 Leptanilla morimotoi Yasumatsu, 1960 Leptanilla najaphalla Griebenow et al., 2024 Leptanilla nana Santschi, 1915 Leptanilla oceanica Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla okinawensis Terayama, 2013 Leptanilla ortunoi López et al., 1994 Leptanilla palauensis (Smith, 1953) Leptanilla phthirigyna Griebenow et al., 2025 Leptanilla plutonia López et al., 1994 Leptanilla poggii Mei, 1995 Leptanilla qinlingensis Griebenow et al., 2024 Leptanilla revelierii Emery, 1870 Leptanilla sapa Yamada, 2025 Leptanilla santschii Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930 Leptanilla sichuanensis Zhong, 2024 Leptanilla swani Wheeler, 1932 Leptanilla taiwanensis Ogata et al., 1995 Leptanilla tanakai Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla tanit Santschi, 1907 Leptanilla tenuis Santschi, 1907 Leptanilla thai Baroni Urbani, 1977 Leptanilla theryi Forel, 1903 Leptanilla ujjalai Saroj et al., 2022 Leptanilla vaucheri Emery, 1899 Leptanilla voldemort Wong & McRae, 2024 Leptanilla yunnanensis Xu, 2002 Leptanilla zaballosi Barandica et al., 1994
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