Leptanilla swani Wheeler, 1932

Wong, Mark K. L. & McRae, Jane M., 2024, Leptanilla voldemort sp. nov., a gracile new species of the hypogaeic ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Pilbara, with a key to Australian Leptanilla, ZooKeys 1197, pp. 171-182 : 171

Leptanilla swani Wheeler, 1932

Notes.

Below we provide measurements for three worker specimens of L. swani . Collection data for the first two specimens are as follows: Australia; 2 workers; Western Australia, Newman; 22°47'S, 119°9'E; ca 537 m a.s.l.; 9 May 2022; Jane M. McRae leg.; collected via subterranean scraping; BENNSPECIMENID_735794 and BENNSPECIMENID_735840; WAM. Collection data for the third specimen, a paratype of the species, is as follows: Paratype: Australia; 1 worker; Western Australia, Chittering; 31°27'S, 116°5'E; ca. 225 m a.s.l.; D. Swan leg.; CASENT0172006; ANIC.

BENNSPECIMENID_735794 (Fig. 5 ): HW 0.23; HL 0.31; SL 0.17; MaL 0.13; WL 0.44; PrW 0.15; MW 0.14; PTL 0.15; PTH 0.11; PTW 0.08; PPL 0.11; PPW 0.09; PPH 0.13; CI 72, SI 74, MI 56, PI 56, PPI 83, PPHI 117.

BENNSPECIMENID_735840: HW 0.22; HL 0.31; SL 0.16; MaL 0.12; WL 0.45; PrW 0.15; MW 0.12; PTL 0.15; PTH 0.11; PTW 0.09; PPL 0.12; PPW 0.10; PPH 0.12; CI 71, SI 72, MI 55, PI 59, PPI 87, PPHI 106.

CASENT0172006: HW 0.20; HL 0.28; SL 0.12; MaL 0.09; WL 0.35; PrW 0.13; MW 0.11; PTL 0.11; PTH 0.10; PTW 0.08; PPL 0.08; PPW 0.08; PPH 0.10; CI 69, SI 59, MI 44, PI 70, PPI 100, PPHI 125.

Figures

Figure 5. Worker of Leptanilla swani (BENNSPECIMENID _ 735794) a dorsal view b profile view c full-face view.