| Authorship |
Griebenow, 2024:
95, figs. 6-8
|
| Forms |
w.q. |
| Bioregion |
Indomalaya |
| Locality |
WEST MALAYSIA (Selangor) |
| Etymology |
“Belantan” 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 Leptanilla. The specific epithet is a noun in apposition and therefore invariant. |
| Primary type information |
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Malaysia: Selangor, Genting Highlands, below Sri Layan, 1.iv.1981, hill forest, red-rotten wood (W. L. Brown). Primary type depository: MCZC. Primary type specimen: MCZ-ENT00728278. |
| Secondary type information |
Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, UCDC. Secondary type specimens: MCZ-ENT00728275 (queen), MCZ-ENT00728276, MCZ-ENT00728277, MCZ-ENT00793729, MCZ-ENT00793730, MCZ-ENT00793731. |
