Leptogenys leiothorax

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Leptogenys leiothorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Leptogenys
Species: L. leiothorax
Binomial name
Leptogenys leiothorax
Prins, 1965

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Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -18.39776° to -19.61667°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Mozambique (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

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Nomenclature

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

  • leiothorax. Leptogenys stuhlmanni subsp. leiothorax Prins, 1965a: 154, fig. 1 (w.) MOZAMBIQUE. Raised to species: Bolton, 1975a: 258.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection