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<taxonomicName id="DB14DC08019BCC3CC1EB6DFFD22D1A34" LSID="https://zoobank.org/3EB67585-11A5-418D-B30D-38A9440C92B3" authority="Griebenow, 2024" authorityName="Griebenow" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="belantan" status="sp. nov.">Leptanilla belantan</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="C87454EE6B410733FD1A2DBC8035ADF0" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation id="98AE0593F9F77B4339A60243CC1E1356" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Leptanilla belantan, holotype (MCZ: Ent: 00728278), worker A profile view B dorsal view C full-face view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/968306" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figs 6A-C</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="D3927D1228C97676226FB812471DF907" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Mandible of Leptanilla belantan (MCZ: Ent: 00728277), dorsal view, worker. Abbreviations: sub = subapical mandibular seta; bth = most proximal tooth. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/968307" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 7</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="C7E38B852D6283200C594FDA4BCF7E2F" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Gyne of Leptanilla belantan (MCZ: Ent: 00728275) A profile view B dorsal view C full-face view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B); 0.2 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/968308" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">, 8A-C</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="96F1B241CE24BACBF99EB33679998B50" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="779432B588E404F990D2FFE393F1D289" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
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<emphasis id="916AAAFBE5E0C1D417577640BCA29E82" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Holotype</emphasis>
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.
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Malaysia - Selangor • 1 worker; Genting Highlands, below Sri Layan; 1.iv.1981; W. L. Brown leg.; hill forest, red-rotten wood; MCZ:Ent:00728278. MCZC
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<emphasis id="AB9202CB4353972410A9CBB3FD842258" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
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<emphasis id="4DD0CEAEC9FFD7FA165291C14C39E8F7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Paratypes</emphasis>
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.
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Malaysia - Selangor • 1 gyne; same data as for holotype; MCZ:Ent:00728275; MCZC • 3 worker, same data as for holotype; MCZ:Ent:00728276, MCZ:Ent:00728277, MCZ:Ent:00793731; MCZC • 2 worker, same data as for holotype; MCZ:Ent:00793729, MCZ:Ent:00793730; UCDC.
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<subSubSection id="591ADD4AE4E268072EF8E3B309515153" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" type="description">
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<paragraph id="56BFFDCE567C82D2E64541400BDDE9A5" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Measurements (mm) and indices, worker.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A53BBF040C4B859EA4DD37BE3BC07A42" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
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<emphasis id="73F72C3F3897D7A4CBADD6B171E0AC4F" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Holotype</emphasis>
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: HW = 0.34; HL = 0.44; SL = 0.28; LF2 = 0.05; ML = 0.2; WL = 0.56; PrW = 0.22; MW = 0.148; PTL = 0.14; PTH = 0.13; PTW = 0.08; PPL = 0.11; PPW = 0.10; PPH = 0.16; TW4 = 0.29; CI = 77; SI = 82.38; MI = 58; PI = 59; PPI = 91; TI1 = 33.
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<emphasis id="5E0928AD573AE8526A817672CC3FAC96" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Paratypes</emphasis>
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(
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= 5): HW = 0.33-0.35; HL = 0.42-0.45; SL = 0.24-0.28; ML = 0.18-0.21; WL = 0.54-0.57; PrW = 0.224 -0.23; MW = 0.15-0.16; PTL = 0.14-0.16; PTH = 0.11-0.13; PTW = 0.08-0.09; PPL = 0.10-0.11; PPW = 0.09-0.10; PPH = 0.15-0.16; TW4 = 0.29-0.31; CI = 75-77; SI = 74-82; MI = 52-60; PI = 55-59; PPI = 89-98; TI1 = 32-35
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<caption id="D9EF174A331FF39256CAE3D2FF062885" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/968306" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
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<emphasis id="CCCC113BB6619817A5022789BD1F8D59" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="EC62748FC2AB3AF2ACC367DD7C1EAB10" authorityName="Griebenow" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="belantan">
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<emphasis id="4C0D3464A60C40F0D1CFA7960A8EB180" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla belantan</emphasis>
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, holotype (MCZ:Ent:00728278), worker
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<emphasis id="DE05CDEBCDC51D30D01E0BAB44449EF0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">A</emphasis>
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profile view
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<emphasis id="FB46EAC329702DC0AC5F5542C196CBAA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">B</emphasis>
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dorsal view
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<emphasis id="A3C265FB5410A1EBD0A6515A29FAF52D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">C</emphasis>
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full-face view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.
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<subSubSection id="03A6CDB84751F081EEEC39F53842DD9E" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" type="description">
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<paragraph id="4775FFF6D8719E5F907A6586299F14DF" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Measurements (mm) and indices, gyne.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6E7C31E0920CE834DD159E5D65AF7AD1" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">HW = 0.47; HL = 0.56; SL = 0.29; LF2 = 0.06; ML = 0.20; PrW = 0.30; MW = 0.31; PTL = 0.30; PTH = 0.21; PTW = 0.22; CI = 84; SI = 61; MI = 43; PI = 72</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C843C1B2BB98620A5F96A071EBD66BCF" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Worker.</paragraph>
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Lateral margins of cranium slightly convex. Occipital carina distinct. Frontoclypeal process present, delimited from cranium by lateral carinae, with posteromedian delimitation from cranium, projecting well anterior of labrum in full-face view; apex robust, broad in outline, emarginate, bordered by laminae. Mandible short relative to head. Four teeth present on mandible; two teeth proximad apical tooth acute, subequal in size, with two denticles interposed; most proximal tooth large, distally recurved, blunt, enlarged apically (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="92F470857255F5F62832F849E3530AF6" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Mandible of Leptanilla belantan (MCZ: Ent: 00728277), dorsal view, worker. Abbreviations: sub = subapical mandibular seta; bth = most proximal tooth. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/968307" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">7</figureCitation>
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). Large, tapering basal seta absent from mandible; subapical tapering seta present (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="7AD58859E64CE904032EE89DCDBA18E0" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Mandible of Leptanilla belantan (MCZ: Ent: 00728277), dorsal view, worker. Abbreviations: sub = subapical mandibular seta; bth = most proximal tooth. Scale bar: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/968307" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">7</figureCitation>
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). Maxillary palp 2-merous. Scape short, not reaching cranial vertex at rest, somewhat expanded towards apex. Pedicel length subequal to that of basal flagellomere. Flagellum submoniliform; antennomere 3 subequal in length to distal antennomeres; apical flagellomere 2
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longer than subapical flagellomere. In dorsal view, pronotal margins strongly convex, pronotal width distinctly greater than mesonotal width. Pronotal dorsum moderately convex, slightly elevated above dorsal mesonotal vertex. Lateral margins of mesonotum and metapectal-propodeal complex subparallel in dorsal view; mesonotum not constricted anteriorly. Meso-metapleural suture entirely absent; fusion of mesonotum with propodeum marked by shallow excavation. Propodeum angular in profile view; propodeal declivity slanted; posterolateral corners rounded. Tarsomeres longer than broad. Meso- and metatibial spur formula 2b,2(1s,1p). Anterior margin of petiole linear in dorsal view. Abdominal segment II longer than wide, with distinct dorsal node; margins parallel in dorsal view; margin of abdominal sternite II linear in profile view, angled ventrally anteriorly; subpetiolar process present, not lamellate, anterior face concave in profile view. Length of abdominal segment II distinctly greater than that of III. Abdominal segment III longer than wide in dorsal view. Breadth of abdominal segment III less than half the breadth of abdominal segment IV in dorsal view (TI1 = 30-33). Anteroposterior length of abdominal tergite IV greater than that of V-VIII combined. Respective anteroposterior lengths of abdominal segments V-VII subequal. Coloration brown.
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<emphasis id="DEA926350CE5EAA2CA6B8EF667B8614F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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Mandible of
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<emphasis id="8DCCD65FA45AAF7F94868F22FB12F90E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla belantan</emphasis>
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(MCZ:Ent:00728277), dorsal view, worker. Abbreviations: sub = subapical mandibular seta; bth = most proximal tooth. Scale bar: 0.1 mm.
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<emphasis id="58F2E16B8F1752B15AC5D1ED5714D408" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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Gyne of
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<emphasis id="C87A1FF0BBA8750C4C47B0D310492D1E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla belantan</emphasis>
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(MCZ:Ent:00728275)
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<emphasis id="9299AEF6A1215059D443C217B6A1EF00" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">A</emphasis>
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profile view
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<emphasis id="CE2C3C22A5CA998A9B3E563E90A9CD2A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">B</emphasis>
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dorsal view
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<emphasis id="1FD8371B45B8AC18C98EF8365403DAED" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">C</emphasis>
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full-face view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
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<emphasis id="382B560E23008BBD09B3CCA89F149487" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">A, B</emphasis>
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); 0.2 mm (
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<emphasis id="187FA733DD92770504CE87B6607AAA87" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">C</emphasis>
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).
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<paragraph id="4C464692311BB2E470E40F5BD98D8E12" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Gyne.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7C9F3087ACCE32DC498CFEC6ECB74D4A" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">As for genus. Mandible with distinct basal and masticatory margins, edentate, not demarcated by a distinct subapical incisor; masticatory margin longer than basal margin. In dorsal view, breadth of mesonotum less than that of pronotum or metanotal-propodeal complex. Petiole longer than broad in dorsal view (PI = 0.719), constricted anteriorly along both transverse and dorsoventral axes; subpetiolar process absent. Dorsal node situated towards posterior of petiole. Abdominal segment III axial relative to posterad abdominal segments. Postsclerites of abdominal segments III-VII subequal in length. Vestiture consisting of short subdecumbent to suberect setae, longer and more abundant on gaster than on remainder of soma.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0B68E66ADEF73C7DC7E1EEB789A086C2" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Etymology.</paragraph>
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is Malay for a club-like weapon, in reference to the shape of the proximal tooth of the worker mandible, the apical expansion of which is unique in mandibular teeth observed in
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<taxonomicName id="E486C1240AE832256D055B3552B24CCD" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1870" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="8D7C42248FA797BE00482B779D33BF21" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition and therefore invariant.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="6A9BAD9F81A6FA355107C0BD34F4CCF7" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" type="remarks">
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<paragraph id="DD182DE74DDD5A03CB4E09FAA2B0A8F3" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DB5A83241026307A998B04E38976B3C6" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
|
||
The worker of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="993DCBC753538486D67B64407A8C0230" authorityName="Griebenow" authorityYear="2024" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
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<emphasis id="F8556C96F5C6E5BCE3E2F3A5CB740BE6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla belantan</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
is closest to that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DB9CD07C946B5D971CD3B1BD54125326" authorityName="Kugler" authorityYear="1987" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla judaica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="judaica">
|
||
<emphasis id="09110EBAE7699AC2D375EFAF1CDAE512" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla judaica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Kugler, 1987 and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="13600752B07C917CE6C60BCA3A73D963" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla ujjalai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ujjalai">
|
||
<emphasis id="F0CFCC8BC6A56325008803DF446923D4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla ujjalai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Saroj, Mandi & Dubey, 2022 in appearance. Like
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A590E8F33EBB265AD5149215A8949BE1" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. ujjalai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="ujjalai">
|
||
<emphasis id="1AB1B61C5FE79C28A4B854B4BC5D277B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. ujjalai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D0D7213FF715A10F9EEC2F1A0F897452" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
||
<emphasis id="CC176C37C9748AE452A31598DCFC0F89" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. belantan</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
possesses an enlarged, truncate proximal tooth on the mandible, which in the latter species is bent distally;
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4CC7AA5F983F26E0234A0AE1CBC1616E" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
||
<emphasis id="659C9A342140DAB70501865A658376B7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. belantan</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B2167CE73ECCBC23D35EE2B69B3CC63D" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. ujjalai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="ujjalai">
|
||
<emphasis id="4D1864D39BC098AD66CF35A4661B7B03" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. ujjalai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in not having a serrated subpetiolar process and in the apex of the frontoclypeal process being emarginate, rather than entire. Castaneous coloration and lack of a meso-metapleural furrow set
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2BE454EBAD3A1FE3F5E8C5E414BD165E" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
||
<emphasis id="00A44E1763B52BE5D468087A0ACC92B9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. belantan</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
apart from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F1FB0C180507C491439EB76D9FF76F51" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. judaica" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="judaica">
|
||
<emphasis id="D29E0E1FCB09CB0195B086B0C76AAE7D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. judaica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The gyne habitus of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0C1408D470C465AB5C90B4C66EC89EC5" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
||
<emphasis id="CEA4E1014C95EE8FD12FEC69648D2856" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. belantan</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is nearest to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DE1542503F25BA659683A191F76115DE" baseAuthorityName="Kutter" baseAuthorityYear="1948" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla escheri" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="escheri">
|
||
<emphasis id="479FC9A4DEFE406DB836808A6D80FFB4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla escheri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Kutter, 1948), differing in the elongation of the masticatory margin and the complete absence of ommatidia.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8EBC499A187F883E6C02B03B7F31E280" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
|
||
It is quite possible that the specimens identified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C6D82F272F8687756E9EF0BEBB6FFB43" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. escheri" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="escheri">
|
||
<emphasis id="FD5659A9EF11C556A45A98556F804982" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. escheri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and mentioned by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="CEE147FDACBA411F96732039C89CFF9F" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00312158" author="Hoelldobler, B" journalOrPublisher="Zoomorphology" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" pagination="255 - 261" refId="B50" refString="Hoelldobler, B, Palmer, JM, Masuko, K, Brown, WL, 1989. New exocrine glands in the legionary ants of the genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Leptanillinae). Zoomorphology 108: 255 - 261, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00312158" title="New exocrine glands in the legionary ants of the genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Leptanillinae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00312158" volume="108" year="1989">
|
||
<normalizedToken id="D3A58DEA35C549FDA6938F99FF7E4652" originalValue="Hölldobler">Hoelldobler</normalizedToken>
|
||
et al. (1989)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
in fact belong to this species, since these also originated in peninsular Malaysia, although this speculation is unprovable because the repository of those specimens was not reported. It is also possible but unconfirmable that the undescribed
|
||
<taxonomicName id="693A1A3556BBB61295029C7A9C8FFEEA" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1870" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="255C992903C6461B86C13CE1A5D6BEF8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species portrayed in
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="6EB52189BFA9AA16B40DC7C1AD1D0979" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00063.x" author="Bolton, B" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" pagination="267 - 282" refId="B13" refString="Bolton, B, 1990b. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 15 (3): 267 - 282, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00063.x" title="The higher classification of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00063.x" volume="15" year="1990 b">Bolton (1990b</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: figs 8-11) corresponds to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A1F20451BBF6B17104F2AB1A89CDB6CA" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
||
<emphasis id="03E97E569D6A2BC946E7C6399661ACC1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. belantan</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. As with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9E04CBCB2B6B49B4042F6A70BF996DCA" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. escheri" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="escheri">
|
||
<emphasis id="D9CA6B9B97CB69AE4E5C135DC8E28303" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. escheri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the placement of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="08A38F0C7B258F11FD426E1C0BF80AD7" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
||
<emphasis id="977E17C2B16D9973CCD1DAAA1674C823" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. belantan</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2441CFD05FA341A1CF4A02066BE93E91" authorityName="Baroni Urbani" authorityYear="1977" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla thai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thai">
|
||
<emphasis id="AF35CECE5D4D492850FC893909E9EB15" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla thai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group must be regarded with some caution until this hypothesis can be tested with phylogenomic inference. It is conceivable that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2A4C84CA46710D9327DE7B95BD1C181C" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
||
<emphasis id="86569258653BC42D903BCEDE153E70E3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. belantan</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
instead belongs to the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B3F00035E1B8245075F0AFE830A0C6E8" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1901" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla havilandi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="havilandi">
|
||
<emphasis id="CFFE6EE51D239919A736AF1E680CAF39" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla havilandi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group, since the worker caste of the two clades are at times distinguishable only by phenetic minutiae such as sculpturation. Unlike its putative close relatives within the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ABDE2B74E4CFB2A9F5AD0F13FE970978" authorityName="Baroni Urbani" authorityYear="1977" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla thai" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="thai">
|
||
<emphasis id="50858641A7655CA95380972DE6FA93EC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla thai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="490A97AB71CBB3FC5560E456DAE9C931" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
||
<emphasis id="89FD4EDCCA2329A8A63BF8E5C42FF987" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. belantan</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
exists in parapatry with the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="926EE357B818A26673563B58AAF36320" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1901" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla havilandi" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="havilandi">
|
||
<emphasis id="D1B6881ED5985DD7AFB5EABF38C508D5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla havilandi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group, allowing for the possibility that this species belongs to the latter clade.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="4EC063C91B6513DAA4124CD1DF392769" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">
|
||
The mandible of the gyne of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A3D431C653340F37E90B010191B3329D" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
||
<emphasis id="EBCAF4E7440383E4B4BCEA64FC3E1DC6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. belantan</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from the falcate facies observed in all other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4F56BE8BAE2FE59F06EA127B27770E1D" authorityName="Emery" authorityYear="1870" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptanilla" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptanilla" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2B6A8A5D7F51D4837584419CBC294BE1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">Leptanilla</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
gynes, with the masticatory margin being longer than the basal margin. The gyne mandible in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B8E69DDEE2CFCD891147DF3CB0A49C37" family="Formicidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="L. belantan" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" rank="species" species="belantan">
|
||
<emphasis id="F3CB701B667F26CFFBE152D79857CAD7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="83">L. belantan</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
therefore converges with the synapomorphic condition of the Poneroformicines (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="33399A1835F908AA626139C5C2F4639D" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac013" author="Richter, A" journalOrPublisher="Insect Systematics and Diversity" pageId="0" pageNumber="83" pagination="1 - 4" refId="B75" refString="Richter, A, Boudinot, B, Yamamoto, S, Katzke, J, Beutel, RG, 2022. The first reconstruction of the head anatomy of a Cretaceous insect, † Gerontoformica gracilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and the early evolution of ants. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (5): 1 - 4, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac013" title="The first reconstruction of the head anatomy of a Cretaceous insect, † Gerontoformica gracilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and the early evolution of ants." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac013" volume="6" year="2022">Richter et al. 2022</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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