Leptanilla swani

Leptanilla swani
	Leptanilla swani worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Leptanillinae
Tribe:	Leptanillini
Genus:	Leptanilla
Species:	L. swani
Binomial name
	Leptanilla swani; Wheeler, W.M., 1932

Leptanilla swani is a species of ant in the genus Leptanilla. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1932, the species is endemic to Australia, and the only species of the genus Leptanilla to be found there. Workers are pale in colour, measuring 1.3 to 5 millimetres (0.051 to 0.197 in) while queens are larger at 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long.^[1]

References

^ Wheeler, William Morton (1932). "An Australian Leptanilla". Psyche. 39. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University: 53–58. doi:10.1155/1932/81860. Retrieved 5 February 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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[Wheeler1932-1] Wheeler, William Morton (1932). "An Australian Leptanilla". Psyche. 39. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University: 53–58. doi:10.1155/1932/81860. Retrieved 5 February 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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