Leptanillinae, Emery, 1910

Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4, pp. 1-70 : 3-4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.1168586

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6193540

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A4C094D-370F-FFD5-ED69-A13A1E4EEA56

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Plazi

scientific name

Leptanillinae
status

 

Key to the subfamilies of ants of the United Arab Emirates (workers)

1 Eyes absent ( Plate 1 View Plates 1–6. 1 , Fig. 3 View Figures 3–14.3 ). Minute ants; length generally less than 2 mm and head width less than 0.25 mm in all castes ...................................................................... Leptanillinae View in CoL

– Eyes present ( Plate 2 View Plates 1–6. 1 , Fig. 5 View Figures 3–14.3 ) ............................................................................................. 2

2 Peduncle with a single node or scale ( Plate 3 View Plates 1–6. 1 , Fig. 4 View Figures 3–14.3 ) ....................................................... 4

– Peduncle with two distinct segments, the petiole and the postpetiole ( Plate 4 View Plates 1–6. 1 , Fig. 6 View Figures 3–14.3 ) ..... 3

3 Clypeus projects back between the frontal ridges ( Plate 5 View Plates 1–6. 1 , Fig. 7 View Figures 3–14.3 ); tarsal claws simple. Ocelli absent in worker caste. In most species eyes small to medium sized ... Myrmicinae

– Clypeus does not project back between frontal ridges but bends vertically downwards in front of the head. Eyes large, at least one third head length ( Plate 6 View Plates 1–6. 1 , Fig. 8 View Figures 3–14.3 ) ........................ ............................................................................................................. Pseudomyrmecinae View in CoL

4 Gaster with a projecting sting. First and second gaster tergites with a distinct constriction between them ( Plate 7 View Plates 7–11. 7 , Fig. 9 View Figures 3–14.3 ) ........................................................................................... 5

– Gaster without a projecting sting. First and second gaster tergites not separated by a distinct constriction ( Plate 8 View Plates 7–11. 7 , Fig. 10 View Figures 3–14.3 ) ................................................................................ 6

5 Pygidium (last visible gaster tergite) rounded without short projecting teeth or spines. Antennal insertions concealed by frontal laminae in dorsal view ( Plate 9 View Plates 7–11. 7 , Fig. 11 View Figures 3–14.3 ) ............. ............................................................................................................................. Ponerinae View in CoL

– Pygidium flattened, armed with very short spines or peg-like teeth. Antennal insertions exposed ( Plate 10 View Plates 7–11. 7 , Fig. 12 View Figures 3–14.3 ) ........................................................................ Cerapachyinae View in CoL

6 Gaster with a fringe of hairs on the ultimate gastral segment (acidopore) ( Plate 11 View Plates 7–11. 7 ) ........... .......................................................................................................................... Formicinae View in CoL

– Gaster without a fringe of hairs on the ultimate gastral segment ............... Dolichoderinae View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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