family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Leptanillinae

genus

Leptanilla


ITIS

 

genus of Leptanilla sp.6

Hymenoptera On-Line

 

Leptanilla

FORMIS

 

genus of Leptanilla sp.6



species

Leptanilla sp.6


Japanese Name

Okinawa-mukashi-ari

Original Reference

Description

Total length of workers around 1 mm. Mandibles with 3 teeth. Posterior margin of head slightly concave. Similar to L. morimotoi, but apical segment of antenna relatively short, shorter than the length of the preceding 10th and 11th segments together.

Remarks

Known only from Okinawa I.

Distribution

Okinawa I. (Sueyoshi, Naha City [Keiichi Onoyama leg.]; Chibana Jyoshi, Okinawa City [Hidetsune Takamine leg.]).

References

Editor

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