Leptanilloides
| Leptanilloides | |
|---|---|
 | |
| L. biconstricta worker from Bolivia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Leptanilloides Mann, 1923 |
| Type species | |
| Leptanilloides biconstricta Mann, 1923 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 12 species | |
Leptanilloides is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2] Leptanilloides is an uncommonly collected genus with subterranean habits in the New World Andean and sub-Andean tropics.[3]
Taxonomy
With cryptic and eyeless worker ants, the genus was included in the ant subfamily Cerapachyinae (Brown 1975; Bolton 1990a, b) until Baroni Urbani et al. (1992) justified the establishment of a separate subfamily, Leptanilloidinae, hypothesized as the sister group to Cerapachyinae and all other members of the dorylomorphs.[3] However, in 2014, Brady et al. synonymized the previous dorylomorph subfamilies (including Leptanilloidinae) under Dorylinae.[4]
Species
- Leptanilloides atlantica Silva, Feitosa, Brandão & Freitas, 2013
- Leptanilloides biconstricta Mann, 1923
- Leptanilloides caracola Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
- Leptanilloides erinys Borowiec & Longino, 201
- Leptanilloides femoralis Borowiec & Longino, 2011
- Leptanilloides gracilis Borowiec & Longino, 2011
- Leptanilloides improvisa Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
- Leptanilloides legionaria Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
- Leptanilloides mckennae Longino, 2003
- Leptanilloides nomada Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
- Leptanilloides nubecula Donoso, Vieira & Wild, 2006
- Leptanilloides sculpturata Brandão, Diniz, Agosti & Delabie, 1999
See also
- Amyrmex, sister genus of Leptanilloides
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Leptanilloides". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ↑ "Genus: Leptanilloides". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- 1 2 Donoso, Vieira & Wild 2006, p. 48
- ↑ Brady et al. 2014, pp. 1-14
- Baroni Urbani, C., Bolton, B. & Ward, P.S. (1992) The internal phylogeny of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, 17, 301–329.
- Bolton, B. (1990a) Abdominal characters and status of the cerapachyine ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History, 24, 53–68. Bolton, B. (1990b) Army ants reassessed: the phylogeny and classification of the doryline section (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History, 24, 1339–1364.
- Brown, W.L., Jr. (1975) Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York), 5, 1–115.
- Donoso, David A.; Vieira, Juan M.; Wild, Alexander L. (2006), "Three new species of Leptanilloides Mann from Andean Ecuador (Formicidae: Leptanilloidinae)." (PDF), Zootaxa, 1201: 47–62
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