Leptogenys dasygyna

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Leptogenys dasygyna
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptogenys linearis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Leptogenys
Species: Leptogenys dasygyna
Wheeler, W.M., 1923

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Leptogenys linearis.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • dasygyna. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) dasygyna Wheeler, W.M. 1923d: 8, fig. 3 (w.q.) GUYANA. Junior synonym of linearis: Lattke, 2011: 230.


References

  • Lattke, J.E. 2011. Revision of the New World species of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 69:127-264.
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1923d. Report on the ants collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. Stud. Nat. Hist. Iowa Univ. 10(3 3: 3-9 (page 8, fig. 3 worker, queen described)