Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Extant: 28 valid species
Fossil: 1 valid species
Taxonomic history
Roger, 1863b PDF: 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);
Boudinot et al., 2016 10.1111/syen.12181 PDF: 658 (biogeography);
Barden et al., 2017 10.1071/IS16067 PDF: 765 (fossil examination, male characters, internal phylogeny, biogeography);
Cantone, 2017 PDF: 119 (brief male diagnosis)
Taxon Page Images:
Leptomyrmex ruficeps spider ant. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia.
Image ©
Alex Wild.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Americas: Brazil,
Dominican Republic Asia: Indonesia Oceania: Australia,
New Caledonia,
Papua New Guinea Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Australasia,
Indomalaya,
Neotropical Native biogeographic regions (according to species list records)
: Australasia,
Indomalaya,
Neotropical
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
Leptomyrmex |
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Andre, E., 1887, Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues., Revista de Entomologia 6, pp. 280-298: 289, (download) |
289 |
6877
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Leptomyrmex |
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André, E, 1887, Description de quelques fourmis nouvelles ou imparfaitement connues., Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 6, pp. 280-298: 289, (download) |
289 |
6877
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Leptomyrmex |
n. g.
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Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12, pp. 649-776: 695, (download) |
695 |
4445
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