Biology:Leptanilla swani
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Short description: Species of ant
| Leptanilla swani | |
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| Leptanilla swani worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Leptanilla |
| Species: | L. swani
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| Binomial name | |
| Leptanilla swani Wheeler, W.M., 1932
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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 the only 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
- ↑ Wheeler, William Morton (1932). "An Australian Leptanilla". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University) 39: 53–58. doi:10.1155/1932/81860. https://archive.org/stream/ants_03421/3421_djvu.txt. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13392830 entry
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