Leptogenys ergatogyna

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Leptogenys ergatogyna Wheeler, 1922 valid

Leptogenys (Lobopelta) ergatogyna Wheeler, 1922: 95, fig. 20 (eq.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype ergatoid queen. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Belgian Congo”): Medje, from stomach of toad Bufo polycercus (Lang & Chapin). Primary type depository: AMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0003152.

Status as species: Bolton, 1975a: 276 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 231.
Senior synonym of Leptogenys cursor: Bolton, 1975a: 276; Bolton, 1995b: 231.

Junior synonyms

Leptogenys cursor Arnold, 1954

Citations

Bolton, B. 1975a. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 31:235-305. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

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