''Leptanilla'' is a genus of ant in the subfamily Leptanillinae. Like other genera in this subfamily, the queen is fed by the hemolymph of their own larvae, which have specialized processes for this purpose.
[Genus ''Leptanilla'']
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Biology
Some species form colonies consisting of several hundred workers in the soil. They feed on small arthropods, including centipedes, and are rarely seen because they live underground and rarely come to the surface. In some species the queen is wingless, and new colonies form by budding from established colonies. Others have a nomadic life-style resembling that of army ants.
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Description
''Leptanilla'' workers have no eyes, and are pale, yellow, and small.[
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Distribution
Several species are found in North Africa, ''L. doderoi'' and ''L. revelierei'' in Corsica and Sardinia, ''L. havilandi'' and ''L. butteli'' in the Malay Peninsula, ''L. santschii'' in Java.[ (1932): An Australian ''Leptanilla''. ''Psyche (entomological journal), Psyche'' 39: 53-58]
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Species
*''Leptanilla africana'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla alexandri'' Dlussky, 1969
*''Leptanilla astylina'' Petersen, 1968
*''Leptanilla australis'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla besucheti'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla bifurcata'' Kugler, 1987
*''Leptanilla boltoni'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla buddhista'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla butteli'' Forel, 1913 — Malay Peninsula
*''Leptanilla charonea'' Barandica, López, Martínez & Ortuño, 1994
*''Leptanilla clypeata'' Yamane & Ito, 2001
*''Leptanilla doderoi'' Emery, 1915 — Corsica, Sardinia
*''Leptanilla escheri'' (Kutter, 1948)
*''Leptanilla exigua'' Santschi, 1908 — North Africa
*''Leptanilla havilandi'' Forel, 1901 — Malay Peninsula
*''Leptanilla hunanensis'' Tang, Li & Chen, 1992
*''Leptanilla hypodracos'' Wong & Guénard, 2016Zoo Bank
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*''Leptanilla islamica'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla israelis'' Kugler, 1987
*''Leptanilla japonica'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla judaica'' Kugler, 1987
*''Leptanilla kebunraya'' Yamane & Ito, 2001
*''Leptanilla kubotai'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla kunmingensis'' Xu & Zhang, 2002
*''Leptanilla lamellata'' Bharti & Kumar, 2012
*''Leptanilla macauensis'' Leong, Yamane & Guénard, 2018 — Macau
*''Leptanilla minuscula'' Santschi, 1907 — North Africa
*''Leptanilla morimotoi'' Yasumatsu, 1960
*''Leptanilla nana'' Santschi, 1915 — North Africa
*''Leptanilla oceanica'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla ortunoi'' López, Martínez & Barandica, 1994
*''Leptanilla palauensis'' (Smith, 1953)
*''Leptanilla plutonia'' López, Martínez & Barandica, 1994
*''Leptanilla poggii'' Mei, 1995
*''Leptanilla revelierii'' Emery, 1870 — Corsica, Sardinia, Morocco
*''Leptanilla santschii'' Wheeler & Wheeler, 1930 — Java
*''Leptanilla swani'' Wheeler, 1932 — Western Australia
*''Leptanilla taiwanensis'' Ogata, Terayama & Masuko, 1995
*''Leptanilla tanakai'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla tanit'' Santschi, 1907
*''Leptanilla tenuis'' Santschi, 1907 — North Africa
*''Leptanilla thai'' Baroni Urbani, 1977
*''Leptanilla theryi'' Forel, 1903 — North Africa
*''Leptanilla vaucheri'' Emery, 1899 — North Africa
*''Leptanilla voldemort'' Wong et al, 2024 — Western Australia
*''Leptanilla yunnanensis'' Xu, 2002
*''Leptanilla zaballosi'' Barandica, López, Martínez & Ortuño, 1994
References
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Leptanillinae
Ant genera
Taxa named by Carlo Emery