Leptanillinae
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Leptanillinae is a subfamily of ant
Ant
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...

s. They are further divided into the tribes Anomalomyrmini and Leptanillini.

In all Leptanillini the larva feed their hemolymph
Hemolymph
Hemolymph, or haemolymph, is a fluid in the circulatory system of some arthropods and is analogous to the fluids and cells making up both blood and interstitial fluid in vertebrates such as birds and mammals...

 to the queen through specialized processes on their prothorax and third abdominal segment. This behavior resembles that of the unrelated Adetomyrma
Adetomyrma
Adetomyrma is an endangered genus of ants endemic to Madagascar. Workers of this species are blind. The type species Adetomyrma venatrix was described in 1994, with the genus being an atypical member of its tribe...

, also called Dracula ants, which actually pierce their larvae to get at the body fluids.

At least Leptanilla and Phaulomyrma are minute, yellow, blind ants living below the surface.

Systematics

  • Anomalomyrmini

  • Anomalomyrma Taylor, 1990
  • Anomalomyrma boltoni Borowiec et al, 2011
  • Anomalomyrma helenae Borowiec et al, 2011
  • Anomalomyrma taylori Bolton, 1990

  • Protanilla Taylor, 1990
  • Protanilla bicolor
  • Protanilla concolor
  • Protanilla furcomandibula
  • Protanilla rafflesi Taylor, 1990

  • Leptanillini

  • Leptanilla
    Leptanilla
    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.-Biology:...

    Emery
    Carlo Emery
    Carlo Emery was an Italian entomologist.Born in Naples, Carlo Emery was professor of Zoology at the University of Bologna. He later worked in Geneva...

    , 1870
  • Leptanilla africana Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Leptanilla swani Wheeler, 1932
  • Leptanilla kubotai Baroni Urbani, 1977
  • Leptanilla palauensis (Smith, 1953)
  • Leptanilla santschii Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930
  • Leptanilla vaucheri Emery, 1899
  • Leptanilla theryi Forel, 1903
  • Leptanilla tenuis Santschi, 1907
  • > 30 more species

  • Phaulomyrma G.C. Wheeler & E.W. Wheeler, 1930
  • Phaulomyrma javana Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930Java
    Java
    Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...


  • Yavnella Kugler, 1987
  • Yavnella argamani Kugler, 1987
  • Yavnella indica Kugler, 1987
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