family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Leptanillinae

genus

Leptanilla


ITIS

 

Leptanilla oceanica

Hymenoptera On-Line

 

Leptanilla oceanica

FORMIS

 

Leptanilla oceanica



species

Leptanilla oceanica


Japanese Name

Ogasawara-mukashi-ari

Original Reference

Baroni Urbani, C. (1977) Materiali per una revisione della sottofamiglia Leptanillinae Emery. Entomologica Basiliensia 2: 427-488.

Description

Total length of workers around 1 mm. Mandibles with 3 teeth. Anterior margin of clypeus produced, and with a median incision - a configuration unique among Japanese Leptanilla species. Posterior margin of head concave.

Remarks

Known only from the type locality.

Distribution

Ogasawara Is (Muko-jima I.).

References

Editor

Original text by Kazuo Ogata. English translation by Kazuo Ogata, edited by Robert W. Taylor.