Leptanilla lamellata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Leptanillinae
Tribus: Leptanillini
Genus: Leptanilla
Species: Leptanilla lamellata

Name

Leptanilla lamellata Bharti & Kumar, 2012: 620

Type locality: Kotla (31.882108°N, 75.996305°E, 560 m alt.), Himachal Pradesh, India, 30 May 2009, soil core; coll. R. Kumar

Holotype: PUP, worker. 30.V.2009. legit R. Kumar.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the ventral lamellate process of the petiole.

References

• Bharti, H. & Kumar, R. 2012. A New Species of Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) with a Key to Oriental Species. Annales Zoologici 62(4): 619–625. DOI: 10.3161/000345412X659678 Reference page.