Leptogenys parva

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

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Leptogenys parva Forel, 1901 junior synonym of current valid taxon Leptogenys castanea (Mayr, 1862)

Leptogenys (Lobopelta) parva Forel, 1901k: 330 (w.m.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male. Primary type locality: South Africa: Natal (Haviland). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907360.

Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 102; Arnold, 1915: 102; Wheeler, 1922: 790; Arnold, 1926: 213.
Junior synonym of Leptogenys castanea: Bolton, 1975a: 285; Bolton, 1995b: 233.

Citations

Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159.
Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
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.
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1901k. Nouvelles espèces de Ponerinae. (Avec un nouveau sous-genre et une espèce nouvelle d'Eciton). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 9:325-353. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (2 synonyms)

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