Leptanilla okinawensis

Leptanilla okinawensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Leptanillinae
Tribe:	Leptanillini
Genus:	Leptanilla
Species:	L. okinawensis
Binomial name
Leptanilla okinawensis Terayama, 2013

Identification

Keys including this Species

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

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Japan (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. 28: Leptanilla okinawensis holotype worker. (A) head in full-face view; (B) body in lateral view; (C) petiole and postpetiole in dorsal view. (A, B) illustrations redrawn from Terayama (2013), slightly modified with legs omitted; (C) illustration drawn according to original description of Terayama (2013).

Nomenclature

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

• okinawensis. Leptanilla okinawensis Terayama, 2013: 5, figs. 11-15 (w.q.) JAPAN.

References

• Griebenow, Z. 2024. Systematic revision of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1189, 83–184 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506).
• 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).
• Terayama, M. 2013. Additions to knowledge of the ant fauna of Japan (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 3:1-24.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Terayama M. 2013. Additions to knowledge of the ant fauna of Japan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 3: 1-24.
• Terayama M., S. Kubota, and K. Eguchi. 2014. Encyclopedia of Japanese ants. Asakura Shoten: Tokyo, 278 pp.