Key to Philippine Leptanillinae

This worker key is based on General & Alpert (2012) with the taxonomic updates based on Griebenow (2024). It has been superseded by Keys to Leptanillinae (but has been updated to reflect the current taxonomy of the subfamily).

These ants are tiny, requiring higher magnification for observation of these character states.

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• Metanotal groove absent . . . . . Leptanilla
• Metanotal groove present and distinct . . . . . Protanilla

References

• General, D. and G. Alpert. 2012. A synoptic review of the ant genera (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Philippines. ZooKeys. 200:1-111 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.200.2447.
• Griebenow, Z. 2024. Systematic revision of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1189, 83–184 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506).