Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Formicoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Dolichoderinae
Tribus: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Leptomyrmex
Species (28):
L. aitchisoni –
L. burwelli –
L. cnemidatus –
L. darlingtoni –
L. dolichoscapus –
L. erythrocephalus –
L. flavitarsus –
L. fragilis –
L. garretti –
L. geniculatus –
L. melanoticus –
L. mjobergi –
L. niger –
L. nigriceps –
L. nigriventris –
L. pallens –
L. pilosus –
L. puberulus –
L. ramorniensis –
L. rothneyi –
L. ruficeps –
L. rufipes –
L. rufithorax –
L. tibialis –
L. unicolor –
L. varians –
L. wiburdi –
?†L. neotropicus
Name
- Leptomyrmex Mayr, 1862
- Original status: valid genus
- Gender: masculine
- Type species: Formica erythrocephala Fabricius, 1775
- Fixation: monotypy
References
selected references
- Lucky, A. 2011: Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the spider ants, genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 59(2): 281–292. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.004
- Lucky, A.; Ward, P.S. 2010: Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 2688: 1–67. Preview PDF
Additional references
- Fabricius, J.C. 1775: Systema Entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species... Flensburgh and Leipzig, Library Kortii. Internet Archive BHL
- Mayr, G. 1862: Myrmecologische studien. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 12: 649–776. PDF
- Smith, D.J.; Shattuck, S. 2009: Six new, unusually small ants of the genus Leptomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 2142: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Links
- ION
- Nomenclator Zoologicus
- AntWeb
- Australian Faunal Directory [needs updating]
- Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist [needs updating]
- EoL [needs updating]
- image on flickr