Leptogenys iheringi

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Leptogenys iheringi Forel, 1911 valid

Leptogenys (Lobopelta) iheringi Forel, 1911e: 286 (w.eq.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, 1 syntype ergatoid queen. Primary type locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Raiz da Serra, 25.xi.1907 (H. Lüderwaldt). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP. Primary type specimens: CASENT0907398 MP 10187, MZSP0089533. Type notes: 1) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S2, supply the corrected collection details from the handwritten catalogues at MZSP: MP 10187, Leptogenys (Lobopelta) iheringi For. n. sp. (Formic.), H. Lüderwaldt, Estação Raiz da Serra (S.P.), vide not. entomol. n. 131, Forel det. 11., [illegible], Public!; MZSP database: Coll. Borgmeier 1957, Leptogenys (Lobopelta) iheringi For. n. sp., Forel 11, Raiz da Serra, [illegible], 1907, MP10187. 2) Original collection information: Brazil: São Paulo, Raiz da Serra, 25.xi.1907 (H. von Ihering).

[Misspelled as jheringi by Borgmeier, 1923: 75, and others.]
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b: 1212 (l.)
Status as species: Luederwaldt, 1918: 36; Wheeler, 1923e: 16 (in key); Borgmeier, 1923: 75; Borgmeier, 1937b: 232; Kempf, 1972b: 131; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 231; Lattke, 2011: 153 (redescription); Feitosa, 2015c: 99.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103. PDF
Borgmeier, T. 1937b. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas da América do Sul e Central, principalmente do Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Archivos do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal (Rio de Janeiro) 3:217-255. PDF
Feitosa, R. M. 2015c. Lista das formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Pp. 95-102 in: Delabie, J. H. C.; Feitosa, R. M.; Serrão, J. E.; Mariano, C. S. F.; Majer, J. D. (eds.) 2015. As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Ilhéus-Bahia: Editora da UESC, 477 pp. PDF
Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911:285-312. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kempf, W. W.; Lenko, K. 1976. Levantamento da formicifauna no litoral norte e ilhas adjacentes do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. I. Subfamilias Dorylinae, Ponerinae e Pseudomyrmecinae (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 19:45-66. PDF
Lattke, J. E. 2011. Revision of the New World species of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 69:127-264. PDF
Luederwaldt, H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Revista do Museu Paulista 10:29-64. PDF
Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1971b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae: second supplement. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64:1197-1217. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1923e. The occurrence of winged females in the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, with descriptions of new species. American Museum Novitates 90:1-16. PDF

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