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Genus: Leptomyrmex   Mayr, 1862 


Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Extant: 28 species

Fossil: 1 species

Leptomyrmex Mayr, 1862 PDF: 652 (diagnosis in key), 695. Type-species: Formica erythrocephala, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Leptomyrmex in Formicinae: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 652 (in key) [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865 PDF: 7 [Formicidae].
Leptomyrmex in Dolichoderinae: Forel, 1878c PDF: 386 [Dolichoderidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 162; Emery, 1895l PDF: 771; Wheeler, 1910a: 142.
Leptomyrmex in Dolichoderidae: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384.
Leptomyrmex in Dolichoderinae, Dolichoderini: Shattuck, 1992c PDF: 106; Bolton, 1994: 26; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 89.
Leptomyrmex in Dolichoderinae, Leptomyrmecini: Emery, 1913a PDF: 15 [Leptomyrmicini]; Wheeler, 1915e PDF: 262 [Leptomyrmicii]; Forel, 1917 PDF: 247; Wheeler, 1922: 688; all subsequent authors except the above; then Ward, Brady, et al. 2010: 362.
Genus Leptomyrmex references
Roger, 1863b: 10 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 426 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865 PDF: 7 (diagnosis); Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 162 (catalogue); Emery, 1913a PDF: 15 (diagnosis, catalogue); Wheeler, 1915e PDF: 264 (Australia species key); Wheeler, 1934c PDF: 80 (all species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 186 (Asia checklist); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 103 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a PDF: 35 (Australia, New Caledonia checklist); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 349 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1992c PDF: 106 (diagnosis, review of genus); Shattuck, 1994 PDF: 115 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 234 (catalogue); Shattuck, 1999: 74 (Australia synopsis); Smith & Shattuck, 2009 PDF: 58 (micro-Leptomyrmex species key); Lucky & Ward, 2010 PDF: 1 (diagnosis, macro-Leptomyrmex species revision, keys); Lucky, 2011 PDF: 281 (internal phylogeny).

Taxon Page Images:



Leptomyrmex ruficeps spider ant. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)   Genus is native to: Australasia, Indomalaya, Neotropical bioregions.

Australasia Region: Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Australian Capital Territory, Central, Chimbu, East Sepik, Eastern Highlands, Gulf, Madang, Maluku, Milne Bay, Morobe, New Caledonia, New South Wales, Nord, Northern, Oceania, Papua, Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Southern Highlands, Sud, Victoria, West Sepik, Western, Western Highlands
Indomalaya Region: Asia, Indonesia, South-Eastern Asia
Neotropical Region: Americas, Brazil, Caribbean, Cibao Norte, Dominican Republic, Goiás, South America
Oceania Region: Melanesia

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Scientific Name Status Publication Pages ModsID GoogleMaps
Leptomyrmex   Andre, E., 1887, Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues., Revista de Entomologia 6, pp. 280-298: 289, (download) 289 6877
Leptomyrmex   André, E, 1887, Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues., Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 6, pp. 280-298: 289, (download) 289 6877
Leptomyrmex n. g.  Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, pp. 649-776: 695, (download) 695 4445


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