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Species: Leptogenys intermedia   Emery, 1902 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902c: 32 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Replacement name for Leptogenys nitida Smith, 1858a PDF: 92 [Junior primary homonym of Leptogenys nitida Heer, 1849: 149.]; designated by Bolton, 1995b: 231.
[Note: intermedia oldest junior synonym of nitida Smith (synonymy by Bolton, 1975a:289); hence intermedia first available replacement name.].
Status as species: Forel, 1914d PDF: 214.
Senior synonym of Leptogenys adpressa, Leptogenys aena, Leptogenys capensis, Leptogenys deflocata, Leptogenys gracilis, Leptogenys grandior, Leptogenys insinuata, Leptogenys speculans: Bolton, 1975a PDF: 289.
Senior synonym of Leptogenys tenuis: Forel, 1912o PDF: 52; Bolton, 1975a PDF: 289;.

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Leptogenys intermedia. Mtunzini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; 17 July 2016. Photo by Philip Herbst; collection by Ricky Taylor

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Afrotropical Region: Africa, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eastern Africa, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Middle Africa, Mozambique, Mpumalanga, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Western Cape, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Distribution Notes:

Reference for Kenya if not type: Bolton 1975a

Notes:

Caste of types: (w)

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 6 times found in grassland, 1 times found in Acacia Thicket (in Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld), 2 times found in Combretum erythrophyllum Riverine Woodland (in Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld), 1 times found in montane rainforest, 1 times found in Eastern Coastal Belt Forest, 1 times found in Afromontane forest, 1 times found in Bushclumps in Sekhukhune Montane Grassland, indigenous evergreen times found in forest.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times ex rotten log, 2 times under stone, 1 times foraging, 1 times leaf litter.

Collected most commonly using these methods: 3 times Pitfall trap, 5 times hand collected, 1 times By hand, 1 times winkler.

Elevations: collected from 25 - 1677 meters, 1127 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Leptogenys brevinodis deflocata: casent0915230; syntype of Leptogenys intermedia: casent0903945; syntype of Leptogenys nitida speculans: casent0915232; syntype of Leptogenys tenuis: casent0915231; syntype of Leptogenys nitida adpressa: casent0907356; syntype of Leptogenys nitida aena: casent0907357; syntype of Leptogenys nitida brevinodis: casent0907358; syntype of Leptogenys nitida grandior: casent0907359; syntype of Ponera nitida: casent0902578; type of Leptogenys intermedia: focol1031; type of Leptogenys tenuis: focol1032, focol1033, focol1034



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