Leptogenys africanus
Leptogenys africanus | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptogenys crustosa) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Leptogenys |
Species: | Leptogenys africanus Weber, 1942 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Leptogenys crustosa.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- africanus. Leptogenys (Leptogenys) africanus Weber, 1942a: 47, fig. 8 (w.) SUDAN. Junior synonym of crustosa: Bolton, 1975a: 251.
References
- Bolton, B. 1975a. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 31: 235-305. (page 251, Junior synonym of crustosa)
- Weber, N. A. 1942b. New doryline, cerapachyine and ponerine ants from the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 44: 40-49 (page 47, fig. 8 worker described)