family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Leptanillinae

genus

Leptanilla


ITIS

 

Leptanilla tanakai

Hymenoptera On-Line

 

Leptanilla tanakai

FORMIS

 

Leptanilla tanakai



species

Leptanilla tanakai


Japanese Name

Yakushima-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 4 teeth. Posterior margin of head slightly concave. Postpetiole more or less marginate posteriorly, forming a vertical face, so that the posterior portion appears straight, with rounded corners in dorsal view. First gastral segment narrowed anteriorly, its anterior width as broad as postpetiole, or narrower.

Remarks

Known only from the type locality.

Distribution

Yaku I.

References

Editor

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