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Leptanillinae

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy
Leptanillinae was named by Emery (1910). It is extant. Its type is Leptanilla.

It was assigned to Formicidae by Bolton (2003), Bolton (2012); and to Leptanillomorpha by Oberski et al. (2025).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Leptanillinae Emery
2003Leptanillinae Bolton p. 39
2012Leptanillinae Bolton
2025Leptanillinae Oberski et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Holometabola
Hymenopterida
orderHymenoptera
Unicalcarida
suborderApocritaGerstaecker 1867
Aculeata()
superfamilyFormicoidea
familyFormicidae()
Antennoclypeata
Leptanillomorpha
subfamilyLeptanillinaeEmery 1910
subfamilyLeptanillinaeEmery 1910

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Leptanillinae Emery 1910
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Tr. Leptanillini Emery 1910
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G. Leptanilla Emery 1870
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available