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Leptanilla swani

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Leptanilla swani
Leptanilla swani worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Leptanilla
Species:
L. swani
Binomial name
Leptanilla swani
Wheeler, W.M., 1932

Leptanilla swani is a species of ant in the genus Leptanilla. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1932, the species is endemic to Australia, and one of only two species of the genus Leptanilla to be found there. Workers are pale in colour, measuring 1.3 to 5 millimetres (0.051 to 0.197 in) while queens are larger at 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Wheeler, William Morton (1932). "An Australian Leptanilla". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 39 (3). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University: 53–58. doi:10.1155/1932/81860. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
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