Leptogenys kitteli siemsseni

Leptogenys kitteli siemsseni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptogenys kitteli)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Leptogenys
Species:	Leptogenys kitteli siemsseni Viehmeyer, 1922

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

Nomenclature

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

• siemsseni. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) kitteli subsp. siemsseni Viehmeyer, 1922: 203, fig. 1 (w.) CHINA (Fujian).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: China: Fo-Kien (= Fujian) Prov. (G. Siemssen).
  • Type-depository: ZMUH (possibly also in MNHU).
  • Subspecies of kitteli: Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 61; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 233; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 105; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 59.
  • Junior synonym of kitteli: Xu & He, 2015: 142.

References

• Viehmeyer, H. 1922. Neue Ameisen. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)88(7 7: 203-220 (page 203, fig. 1 worker described)
• Xu, Z. & He, Q. 2015. Taxonomic review of the ponerine ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 with a key to the Oriental species. Myrmecological News 21: 137-161.