Leptanilla macauensis
| Leptanilla macauensis | |
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| Holotype worker in lateral view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Leptanilla |
| Species: | L. macauensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptanilla macauensis Leong, Yamane & Guénard, 2018 | |
Leptanilla macauensis is a species of ant in the genus Leptanilla. Chi-Man Leong (梁志文), an undergraduate student at National Taiwan University at the time, first collected specimens of this species.[1] The species was subsequently formally described by Leong, Yamane & Guénard in 2018, the species is only known from specimens collected from Macau by means of a Winkler extractor. Workers are yellowish brown in colour, measuring 1.12 to 1.14 millimetres (0.044 to 0.045 in). The queen has yet to be described.[2]
References
- ^ "Chi-Man Leong found a new species of ant in Macao". Macao Daily. Archived from the original on 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
- ^ Leong, Chi-Man; Yamane, Seiki; Guénard, Benoit (2018). "Lost in the city discovery of the rare ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Macau with description of Leptanilla macauensis sp. nov" (PDF). Asian Myrmecology. 10. Sabah, Malaysia: Penerbit UMS: 1–18. doi:10.20362/am.010001. Retrieved 31 January 2020.