Phaulomyrma

The only known specimens of the genus are two males of Phaulomyrma javana. Griebenow (2020), in a currently unpublished manuscript, found that this species should be placed within the genus Leptanilla, resulting in Phaulomyrma being a junior synonym of Leptanilla.

Identification
This genus is to be distinguished from Leptanilla by the presence of wing veins and the unusually large genitalia. (Wheeler and Wheeler 1930)

Castes
Only known from the male caste.

Nomenclature

 *  PHAULOMYRMA [Leptanillinae: Leptanillini]
 * Phaulomyrma Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, E.W. 1930: 193. Type-species: Phaulomyrma javana, by original designation.

Male. Head flattened, slightly emarginate behind. Eyes protruding, large (diameter about one-third the length of the head), and situated near the anterior border. Clypeus indistinct or large and somewhat convex. Antennm 13-segmented. Thorax compressed. Legs slender; two spurs on the middle and hind tibiae; metathoracic legs, long, extending beyond the tip of the abdomen. Wings hairy; fore wings large, with one or three reduced veins; the margins fringed with hairs; hind wings much smaller. Hairs abundant especially on the dorsum. Integument smooth or with scattered hairy punctures. Genitalia large and projecting. Sagittae wide at the base. Subgenital plate bifurcated.

Etymology
Phaulos, trifling, paltry + myrmex, ant.