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The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Leptogenys. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Leptogenys species and for distribution information see Leptogenys species by Country.

A

academica Lopez-Munoz, Villarreal & Lattke, 2018 (Brazil)
acutangula Emery, 1914 (New Caledonia)
• Leptogenys acutangula brevinoda Emery, 1914

acutirostris Santschi, 1912 (Madagascar)
adlerzi Forel, 1900 (Australia)
alamando Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
alatapia Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
alluaudi Emery, 1895 (Madagascar)
amazonica Borgmeier, 1930 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador)
ambo Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
amon Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)
amu Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)
andritantely Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
angusta (Forel, 1892) (Madagascar)
angustinoda Clark, 1934 (Australia)
anitae Forel, 1915 (Australia)
anjara Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
ankhesa Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
antillana Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914 (Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Haiti)
antongilensis Emery, 1899 (Madagascar)
arcirostris Santschi, 1926 (Madagascar)
arcuata Roger, 1861 (Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Lesser Antilles, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname)
• Leptogenys arcuata deletangi Santschi, 1921

arnoldi Forel, 1913 (Zambia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
aspera (André, 1889) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam)
assamensis Forel, 1900 (Bangladesh, India)
atra Arimoto and Yamane, 2018 (Vietnam)
attenuata (Smith, F., 1858) (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
• Leptogenys jaegerskjoeldi Santschi, 1914

australis (Emery, 1888) (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)
• Leptogenys hanseni Borgmeier, 1930

avaratra Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
avo Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)

B

barimaso Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
bellii Emery, 1901 (Eritrea, Ethiopia)
bezanozano Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
bhartii Wachkoo, Maqbool, Akbar & Sharaf, 2018 (India)
bidentata Forel, 1900 (Australia)
bifida Lattke, 2011 (Honduras)
binghamii Forel, 1900 (China, India, Myanmar)
birmana Forel, 1900 (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam)
bituberculata Emery, 1901 (New Guinea)
bohlsi Emery, 1896 (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
• Leptogenys bohlsi weiseri Santschi, 1925

borivava Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
borneensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam)
breviceps Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)
• Euponera niger Donisthorpe, 1949
• Pseudoponera lubbocki Donisthorpe, 1938

breviloba Arimoto, 2017 (Malaysia)
bubastis Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)
buyssoni Forel, 1907 (Ethiopia)

C

caeciliae Viehmeyer, 1912 (New Guinea)
camerunensis Stitz, 1910 (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo)
carbonaria Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)
carinata Donisthorpe, 1943 (India)
carioca Lopez-Munoz, Villarreal & Lattke, 2018 (Brazil)
castanea (Mayr, 1862) (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
   • Leptogenys hewitti Santschi, 1932
   • Leptogenys parva Forel, 1901
   • Leptogenys parva bellua Forel, 1914
   • Leptogenys parva dispar Santschi, 1914

centralis Wheeler, W.M., 1915 (Australia)
chalybaea (Emery, 1887) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
chamela Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)
chelifera (Santschi, 1928) (Australia)
chinensis (Mayr, 1870) (China, India, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam)
chrislaini Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
ciliata Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador)
clarki Wheeler, W.M., 1933 (Australia)
coerulescens Emery, 1895 (Madagascar)
comajojo Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Comoros)
confucii Forel, 1912 (Japan, Taiwan)
conigera (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)
• Leptogenys conigera mutans Forel, 1900

conradti Forel, 1913 (Cameroun, Ghana, Ivory Coast)
consanguinea Wheeler, W.M., 1909 (Guatemala, Mexico)
cordoba Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)
corniculans Lattke, 2011 (Brazil)
cracens Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)
crassicornis Emery, 1895 (Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Vietnam)
crassinoda Arnold, 1926 (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
crudelis (Smith, F., 1858) (Brazil)
• Leptogenys rubicunda Borgmeier, 1930

crustosa Santschi, 1914 (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Sudan)
• Leptogenys africanus Weber, 1942
• Leptogenys conradti rufipes Santschi, 1937

cryptica Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)
cuneata Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador, Panama, Peru)
curva Arimoto, 2017 (Indonesia)
cyanicatena Arimoto and Yamane, 2018 (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand)

D

diminuta fruhstorferi Emery, 1896 (Indonesia)
diminuta nitidiceps Chapman & Capco, 1951 (India, Myanmar)
diminuta nongnongi Karavaiev, 1925 (Indonesia)
diminuta opacinodis (Emery, 1887) (Indonesia)
diminuta tjibodana Karavaiev, 1926 (Indonesia)
donisthorpei Mann, 1922 (Honduras, Mexico)
drepanon Wilson, 1958 (New Guinea)

E

ebenina Forel, 1915 (Australia)
edsoni Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
elegans Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda)
elongata (Buckley, 1866) (Mexico, United States)
   • Lobopelta mexicana Mayr, 1870
   • Lobopelta septentrionalis Mayr, 1886
   • Ponera texana Buckley, 1866

elzasoares Tozetto, Chaul, Boudinot & Lattke, 2022 (Brazil)
emeryi Forel, 1901 (New Guinea)
emiliae Forel, 1902 (India)
ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922 (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Uganda)
• Leptogenys cursor Arnold, 1954

erugata Lattke, 2011 (Colombia, Venezuela)
erythraea Emery, 1902 (Eritrea, Ethiopia)
excellens Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
excisa (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)
• Leptogenys excisa major Forel, 1910

exigua Crawley, 1921 (Australia)
exundans (Walker, 1859) (Sri Lanka)

F

falcigera Roger, 1861 (Comoros, Guam, Hawaii, India, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nepal, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Philippines, Sri Lanka)
• Leptogenys insularis Smith, F., 1879

fallax (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)
famelica Emery, 1896 (Bolivia, Costa Rica)
fasika Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
ferrarii Forel, 1913 (Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
• Leptogenys ferrari dentatula Santschi, 1915

fiandry Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
foraminosa Lattke, 2011 (Colombia, Costa Rica)
foreli Mann, 1919 (New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu)
• Leptogenys walkeri Donisthorpe, 1942

fortior Forel, 1900 (Australia)
fotsivava Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
foveonates Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)
foveopunctata Mann, 1921 (Fiji)
fugax Mann, 1921 (Fiji)
furtiva Arnold, 1926 (Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)

G

gagates Mann, 1922 (Honduras)
gaigei Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname)
• Leptogenys gaigei defuga Wheeler, W.M., 1923
• Leptogenys melzeri Borgmeier, 1930

gatu Lattke, 2011 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama)
glabra Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)
gorgona Lattke, 2011 (Colombia, Ecuador)
gracilis Emery, 1899 (Comoros, Madagascar)
grandidieri Forel, 1910 (Madagascar)
guianensis Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana)
guineensis Santschi, 1914 (Ghana, Guinea)

H

hackeri Clark, 1934 (Australia)
hainanensis Chen, Chen, Xu, Fu & Fu, 2024
harmsi Donisthorpe, 1935 (Christmas Island)
havilandi Forel, 1901 (South Africa)
hebrideana Wilson, 1958 (Vanuatu)
hemioptica Forel, 1901 (Indonesia, Singapore)
hezhouensis Zhou, 2001 (China)
honduriana Mann, 1922 (Honduras)
honoria Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)
huapingensis Zhou, 2001 (China)
humiliata Mann, 1921 (Fiji)
hysterica Forel, 1900 (Borneo, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand)

I

intricata Viehmeyer, 1924 (Australia)
iridescens (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand)
iridescens currens Forel, 1901 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
iridipennis (Smith, F., 1858) (India)
itoi Arimoto, 2017 (Malaysia)
ixta Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

J

jeanettei Tiwari, 2000 (India)
jeanneli Santschi, 1914 (United Republic of Tanzania)
johary Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
josephi Mackay, W.P. & Mackay, E.E., 2004 (Costa Rica, Panama)

K

kanaoi Arimoto, 2017 (Borneo, Malaysia)
karawaiewi Santschi, 1928 (Indonesia)
keysseri Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)
khammouanensis Roncin & Deharveng, 2003 (Laos)
khaura Bolton, 1975 (Central African Republic, Nigeria)
kiche Lattke, 2011 (Guatemala)
kitteli (Mayr, 1870) (Bangladesh, Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam)
   • Leptogenys kitteli altisquamis Forel, 1900
   • Leptogenys kitteli minor Forel, 1900
   • Leptogenys kitteli siemsseni Viehmeyer, 1922

kitteli laevis (Mayr, 1879) (Indonesia)
kitteli transiens Forel, 1911 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
kraepelini Forel, 1905 (Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam)
• Leptogenys kraepelini baccha Santschi, 1919

kraepelini esae Forel, 1912 (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia)
kraepelini nero Forel, 1913 (Indonesia)

L

laeviceps (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka)
laeviterga Zhou, Chen, Chen, Zhou, Ban & Huang, 2012 (China)
langi Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela)
laozii Xu, Z., 2000 (China)
lattkei Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013 (India)
lavavava Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
leiothorax Prins, 1965 (Mozambique)
leleji Zryanin, 2016 (Vietnam)
letilae Mann, 1921 (Fiji)
linda Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)
linearis (Smith, F., 1858) (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname)
• Leptogenys dasygyna Wheeler, W.M., 1923

loarelae Ramage, 2019 (New Caledonia)
lohahela Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
longensis Forel, 1915 (Australia)
longiceps Santschi, 1914 (Ghana, Senegal)
longiscapus Donisthorpe, 1943 (India)
lucida Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
lucidula Emery, 1895 (Cambodia, China, India, Myanmar, Vietnam)
• Leptogenys huangdii Xu, Z., 2000

luederwaldti Forel, 1913 (Brazil)
• Leptogenys anacleti Borgmeier, 1930

M

mactans Bolton, 1975 (South Africa)
magna Forel, 1900 (Australia)
malama Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
malayana Arimoto, 2017 (Malaysia)
mangabe Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
manja Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
manni Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (United States)
manongarivo Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
mastax Bolton, 1975 (Ghana, Ivory Coast)
mavaca Lattke, 2011 (Brazil, Venezuela)
maxillosa (Smith, F., 1858) (Barbados, Brazil, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Lesser Antilles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Oman, Philippines, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
   • Formica vinsonnella Dufour, 1864
   • Leptogenys cribrata Emery, 1895
   • Leptogenys falcata Roger, 1861

maya Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)
mayotte Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Mayotte)
melena Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)
mengzii Xu, Z., 2000 (China)
meritans (Walker, 1859) (Sri Lanka)
microps Bolton, 1975 (Guinea, Ivory Coast)
minima Lattke, 2011 (Brazil)
mjobergi Forel, 1915 (Australia)
modiglianii Emery, 1900 (Indonesia)
moelleri (Bingham, 1903) (India)
montuosa Lattke, 2011 (Costa Rica, Panama)
mucronata Forel, 1893 (Lesser Antilles)
mucronata columbica Forel, 1901 (Colombia)
mutabilis (Smith, F., 1861) (Borneo, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Sulawesi, Thailand)
myops (Emery, 1887) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand)
• Pseudoponera butteli Forel, 1913

N

namana Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
namoroka Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
navua Mann, 1921 (Fiji)
nebra Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)
neutralis Forel, 1907 (Australia)
nigricans Lattke, 2011 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador)
nitens Donisthorpe, 1943 (New Guinea)
nuserra Bolton, 1975 (Ghana, Ivory Coast)

O

oaxaca Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)
occidentalis Bernard, 1953 (Guinea)
• Leptogenys ferrarii bernardi Baroni Urbani, 1971
• Leptogenys ferrarii sulcinodis Bernard, 1953

optica Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)
orchidioides Lattke, 2011 (Guatemala)
oresbia Wilson, 1958 (Solomon Islands)
oswaldi (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar)

P

pangui Xu, Z., 2000 (China, Singapore, Vietnam)
panops Lattke, 2011 (French Guiana)
papuana Emery, 1897 (New Guinea)
paraensis Lattke, 2011 (Brazil, French Guiana)
parvula Emery, 1900 (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam)
pavesii Emery, 1892 (Cameroun, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Somalia, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania)
• Leptogenys maxillosa sericeus Weber, 1942

peninsularis Mann, 1926 (Mexico)
peringueyi Forel, 1913 (South Africa)
peruana Lattke, 2011 (Peru)
peuqueti (André, 1887) (Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam)
• Leptogenys minchinii Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys watsoni Forel, 1900

phylloba Lattke, 2011 (Colombia, Ecuador)
pilaka Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
pinna Lattke, 2011 (Costa Rica)
piroskae Forel, 1910 (Eritrea, Ethiopia)
pittieri Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)
podenzanai (Emery, 1895) (Australia)
• Prionogenys podenzanai malandensis Forel, 1915

polaszeki Sharaf & Akbar, 2017 (Saudi Arabia)
pompiloides (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)
princeps Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)
processionalis (Jerdon, 1851) (India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam)
• Lobopelta distinguenda andrei Emery, 1887
• Ponera ocellifera Roger, 1861

processionalis distinguenda (Emery, 1887) (Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia)
pruinosa Forel, 1900 (Philippines, Sri Lanka)
pubiceps Emery, 1890 (Bahamas, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Grenada, Haiti, Lesser Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela)
pubiceps cubaensis Santschi, 1930 (Cuba, Greater Antilles)
pubiceps vincentensis Forel, 1901 (Lesser Antilles)
pucuna Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador)
punctata Emery, 1914 (New Caledonia)
punctaticeps Emery, 1890 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Grenada, Lesser Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama)
• Leptogenys ambigua Santschi, 1931

punctiventris (Mayr, 1879) (Cambodia, India, Philippines, Thailand)
purpurea (Emery, 1887) (New Guinea)
pusilla (Emery, 1890) (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama)

Q

quadrata Lattke, 2011 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador)
quiriguana Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Belize, Guatemala, Mexico)
quirozi Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

R

rabebe Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
rabesoni Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
ralipra Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
rasila Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador)
ravida Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
reggae Lattke, 2011 (Jamaica)
regis Bolton, 1975 (Kenya, United Republic of Tanzania)
ridens Forel, 1910 (Madagascar)
ritae Forel, 1899 (Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)
• Leptogenys pusilla panamana Wheeler, W.M., 1923
• Leptogenys venatrix Forel, 1899

roberti Forel, 1900 (Bangladesh, India)
• Leptogenys roberti coonoorensis Forel, 1900

rouxi (Emery, 1914) (New Caledonia)
rufa Mann, 1922 (Belize, Honduras, Mexico)
rufida Zhou, Chen, Chen, Zhou, Ban & Huang, 2012 (China)
rugosopunctata Karavaiev, 1925 (Indonesia)

S

sagaris Wilson, 1958 (New Caledonia)
sahamalaza Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
santacruzi Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador)
saussurei (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar)
schwabi Forel, 1913 (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
serrata Lattke, 2011 (Colombia, Panama)
sianka Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)
sjostedti Forel, 1915 (Australia)
socorda Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)
sonora Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)
spandax Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)
stenocheilos (Jerdon, 1851) (India)
sterops Bolton, 1975 (Gambia, Ivory Coast)
strator Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)
strena Zhou, 2001 (China)
striatidens Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)
stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893 (Comoros, Eritrea, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania)
• Leptogenys comorensis Forel, 1907

stygia Bolton, 1975 (Nigeria)
suarensis Emery, 1895 (Madagascar)
sulcinoda (André, 1892) (Gabon)
sunzii Xu, Z. & He, 2015 (China)

T

tama Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)
tatsimo Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
terroni Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)
testacea (Donisthorpe, 1948) (Ghana)
tiobil Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)
titan Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)
toeraniva Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
toxeres Lattke, 2011 (Costa Rica)
transitionis Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013 (India)
tricosa Taylor, 1969 (Australia)
• Dorylozelus mjobergi Forel, 1915

triloba Emery, 1901 (New Guinea)
trilobata Santschi, 1924 (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo)
truncata Mann, 1919 (Solomon Islands)
truncatirostris Forel, 1897 (Madagascar, Mayotte)
tsingy Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
turneri Forel, 1900 (Australia)

U

unistimulosa Roger, 1863 (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)
• Leptogenys unistimulosa bahiana Santschi, 1929
• Leptogenys unistimulosa trinidadensis Forel, 1901

V

variabilis Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
varicosa Stitz, 1925 (Philippines)
vatovavy Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
vindicis Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)
violacea Donisthorpe, 1942 (New Guinea)
vitiensis Mann, 1921 (Fiji)
vitsy Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)
voeltzkowi Forel, 1897 (Madagascar)
vogeli Borgmeier, 1933 (Brazil)
volcanica Lattke, 2011 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama)

W

wheeleri Forel, 1901 (Mexico, Panama)

Y

yandii Xu, Z. & He, 2015 (China)
yerburyi Forel, 1900 (India, Sri Lanka)
yocota Lattke, 2011 (Honduras)

Z

zapyxis Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)
zhoui Chen, Chen, Xu, Fu & Fu, 2024
zhuangzii Xu, Z., 2000 (China)
zohy Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014 (Madagascar)

Fossil Species

Leptogenys
	Ponerinae
	; Leptogenys falcigera
	; Distribution
	; Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species	332
Invalid Species	76
Fossils	1
Countries Occupied	99
Year Described	1861
First Species Described	1851
Last Species Described	2024

L

lacerata Zhang, J., 1989 (Shanwang, China (Early Miocene))