Protanilla izanagi

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

Photo Gallery

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  Griebenow (2024), Figure 17. Aspects of Protanilla izanagi, worker. A, profile view of posterior half of cranium. B, ventral view of the mandibles. Abbreviation: com = compound eye. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A); 0.2 mm (B).
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  Griebenow (2024), Figure 26. Worker mandibles in Protanilla, profile view. A, Protanilla wallacei (CASENT0842699). B, Protanilla izanagi (CASENT0842850). Abbreviation: lam = vertical dorsal lamella. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A); 0.2 mm (B).
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  Griebenow (2024), Figure 35. Anterior of the worker head in Protanilla, full-face view. A, Protanilla izanagi (CASENT0842850). B, Protanilla jongi (CASENT0842693). Scale bars: 0.1 mm.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Protanilla species
• Keys to Leptanillinae

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 34.9492° to 34.9492°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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  Griebenow (2024), Figure 23. Geographical range of Protanilla. Locality information derived from AntWeb and available literature, visualized with SimpleMappr. Yellow = Protanilla rafflesi species group; blue = Protanilla bicolor species group; purple = Protanilla taylori species group; red = Protanilla zhg-th02; black = Protanilla izanagi.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• izanagi. Protanilla izanagi Terayama, 2013: 2, figs. 1-10 (w.q.) JAPAN.

References

• Aswaj, P., Anoop, K., Priyadarsanan, D.R. 2020. First record of the rarely collected ant Protanilla gengma Xu, 2012 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Leptanillinae) from the Indian subcontinent. Check List 16, 1621–1625 (doi:10.15560/16.6.1621).
• Chaul, J.C.M. 2023. A revision of the Cretaceous ant genus Zigrasimecia Barden & Grimaldi, 2013 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: †Zigrasimeciinae). Zootaxa 5325(3), 301–341 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5325.3.1).
• Griebenow, Z. 2024. Systematic revision of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1189, 83–184 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506).
• Griebenow, Z.H., Isaia, M., Moradmand, M. 2022. A remarkable troglomorphic ant, Yavnella laventa sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae), identified as the first known worker of Yavnella Kugler by phylogenomic inference. Invertebrate Systematics 36(12), 1118-1138 (doi:10.1071/is22035).
• Satria, R., Putri, D.H., Ahda, Y. 2023. Genus Protanilla Taylor, 1990 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) from Sumatra, with the descrdiption of a new species. Serangga 28(1): 69-78.
• Terayama, M. 2013. Additions to knowledge of the ant fauna of Japan (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 3:1-24.
• Yamada, A., Van Dang, A., Eguchi, K. 2023. Natural history notes of the rare enigmatic ant Opamyrma hungvuong: A first glimpse of their preying behavior on centipedes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae). Asian Myrmecology 16, e016009 (doi:10.20362/am.016009).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Hisasue Y. and T. Nishimoto. 2018. Protanilla izanagi collected in Kyoto Prefecture. Gekkan-Mushi 565: 52.
• Terayama M. 2013. Additions to knowledge of the ant fauna of Japan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 3: 1-24.