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Leptanilla
Leptanilla is a genus of ant in the subfamily Leptanillinae. Like other genera in this subfamily, the queen is fed by the hemolymph of their own larvae, which have specialized processes for this purpose.
57 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Leptanilla argamani
speciesLeptanilla argamani

Leptanilla swani
speciesLeptanilla swani

Leptanilla escheri
speciesLeptanilla escheri
Leptanilla revelierii
speciesLeptanilla revelierii
Leptanilla poggii
speciesLeptanilla poggii
Leptanilla doderoi
speciesLeptanilla doderoi
Leptanilla hypodracos
speciesLeptanilla hypodracos

Leptanilla macauensis
speciesLeptanilla macauensis

Leptanilla ujjalai
speciesLeptanilla ujjalai
Leptanilla africana
speciesLeptanilla africana
Leptanilla clypeata
speciesLeptanilla clypeata
Leptanilla theryi
speciesLeptanilla theryi
Leptanilla boltoni
speciesLeptanilla boltoni
Leptanilla buddhista
speciesLeptanilla buddhista
Leptanilla hunanensis
speciesLeptanilla hunanensis
Leptanilla judaica
speciesLeptanilla judaica
Leptanilla kebunraya
speciesLeptanilla kebunraya
Leptanilla kunmingensis
speciesLeptanilla kunmingensis
Leptanilla lamellata
speciesLeptanilla lamellata
Leptanilla nana
speciesLeptanilla nana
Leptanilla oceanica
speciesLeptanilla oceanica
Leptanilla okinawensis
speciesLeptanilla okinawensis
Leptanilla ortunoi
speciesLeptanilla ortunoi
Leptanilla plutonia
speciesLeptanilla plutonia
Leptanilla taiwanensis
speciesLeptanilla taiwanensis
Leptanilla tanakai
speciesLeptanilla tanakai
Leptanilla vaucheri
speciesLeptanilla vaucheri
Leptanilla yunnanensis
speciesLeptanilla yunnanensis
Leptanilla zaballosi
speciesLeptanilla zaballosi
Leptanilla copiosa
speciesLeptanilla copiosa
Leptanilla indica
speciesLeptanilla indica
Leptanilla laventa
speciesLeptanilla laventa

Leptanilla anomala
speciesLeptanilla anomala
Leptanilla javana
speciesLeptanilla javana
Leptanilla havilandi
speciesLeptanilla havilandi
Leptanilla alexandri
speciesLeptanilla alexandri
Leptanilla butteli
speciesLeptanilla butteli
Leptanilla tanit
speciesLeptanilla tanit
Leptanilla bifurcata
speciesLeptanilla bifurcata
Leptanilla minuscula
speciesLeptanilla minuscula
Leptanilla astylina
speciesLeptanilla astylina
Leptanilla thai
speciesLeptanilla thai
Leptanilla islamica
speciesLeptanilla islamica
Leptanilla besucheti
speciesLeptanilla besucheti
Leptanilla morimotoi
speciesLeptanilla morimotoi
Leptanilla santschii
speciesLeptanilla santschii
Leptanilla australis
speciesLeptanilla australis
Leptanilla palauensis
speciesLeptanilla palauensis
Leptanilla exigua
speciesLeptanilla exigua
Leptanilla japonica
speciesLeptanilla japonica
Leptanilla kubotai
speciesLeptanilla kubotai
Leptanilla israelis
speciesLeptanilla israelis
Leptanilla beijingensis
speciesLeptanilla beijingensis

Voldemort Ant
speciesLeptanilla voldemort
Leptanilla bethyloides
speciesLeptanilla bethyloides
Leptanilla tenuis
speciesLeptanilla tenuis
Leptanilla charonea
speciesLeptanilla charonea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 347547.