Leptanilla hunanensis

Leptanilla hunanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Leptanillinae
Tribe:	Leptanillini
Genus:	Leptanilla
Species:	L. hunanensis
Binomial name
Leptanilla hunanensis Tang, Li & Chen, 1992

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Chinese Leptanilla
• Key to Leptanilla species
• Key to Oriental and Sino-Japanese Leptanilla
• Keys to Leptanillinae

Distribution

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  Zhong (2024), Fig 5. Geographical distributions of the Chinese Leptanilla species. Locality information was obtained from the original literature of each species and visualized with SimpleMappr.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

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  Qian et al. (2024), Fig. 29: Leptanilla hunanensis holotype worker. (A) head in full-face view; (B) body in lateral view; (C) petiole and postpetiole in dorsal view. (A - C) illustrations redrawn from Tang & al. (1992), slightly modified.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• hunanensis. Leptanilla hunanensis Tang, Li & Chen, 1992: 107 (w.) CHINA. See also: Tang, Li, et al., 1995: 45.

Description

References

• Griebenow, Z. 2024. Systematic revision of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1189, 83–184 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506).
• Liu, C., Fischer, G., Hita Garcia, F., Yamane, S., Liu, Q., Peng, Y.Q., Economo, E.P., Guénard, B., Pierce, N.E. 2020. Ants of the Hengduan Mountains: a new altitudinal survey and updated checklist for Yunnan Province highlight an understudied insect biodiversity hotspot. ZooKeys 978, 1–171 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.978.55767).
• Qian, Y.-H., Zheng-Hui, X., Man, P., Liu, G.-L. 2024. Three new species of the ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China, with a key to the world species. Myrmecological News 34: 21-44 (doi:10.25849/MYRMECOL.NEWS_034:021).
• Saroj, S., Mandi, A., Dubey, A.K. 2022. A new species of the rare ant genus, Leptanilla Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Eastern Himalaya, India. Asian Myrmecology 15, e015005 (doi:10.20362/am.015005).
• Tang, J.; Li, S.; Chen, Y. 1992. The first discovery of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae in China and the description of a new species. J. Zhejiang Agric. Univ. 18(1 1: 107-108. (page 107, worker described)

• Tang, J.; Li, S.; Huang, E.; Zhang, B.; Chen, Y. 1995. Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 47. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). Beijing: Academy of Science Publishing House, ix + 134 pp. (page 45, see also)
• Zhong, Y. 2024. A new species of the ant genus Leptanilla Emery, 1870 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Sichuan Province, China. Sociobiology 71(3), e10478 (doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v71i3.10478).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Tang J., S. Li, and Y. Chen. 1992. The first discovery of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae in China and the description of a new species. [In Chinese.]. Journal of Zhejiang Agricultural University 18(1): 107-108.
• Xu Z., Zeng G., Liu T.-Y. and He Y.-F.. 1999. [A study on communities of Formicidae ants in different subtypes of vegetation in Xishuangbanna District of China.] Zoological Research 20: 118-125