Biology:Leptanilla macauensis
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Short description: Species of ant
| Leptanilla macauensis | |
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| Holotype worker in lateral view | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Leptanilla |
| Species: | L. macauensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptanilla macauensis Leong, Yamane & Guénard, 2018
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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. Macao Daily. http://www.macaodaily.com/html/2018-02/20/content_1245442.htm. 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.". Asian Myrmecology (Sabah, Malaysia: Penerbit UMS) 10: 1–18. doi:10.20362/am.010001. http://www.asian-myrmecology.org/publications/am10/leong-et-al-2018-am010001.pdf. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q55781468 entry
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