Leptogenys diminuta deceptrix

Leptogenys diminuta deceptrix
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Leptogenys
Species:	Leptogenys diminuta deceptrix Forel, 1901

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

Nomenclature

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

• deceptrix. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) diminuta r. deceptrix Forel, 1901h: 46 (w.) INDIA (no state data).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • [Note: the type-material consists of the Indian samples misidentified as diminuta by Forel, 1900d: 312.]
  • Type-localities: India: Coonoor (Daly), Coonoor, Darjeeling, Thana, and Nilgiris (Wroughton), Orissa (Taylor), and Assam (Smythies).
  • Type-depository: MHNG (possibly also in BMNH).
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1911d: 103.
  • Subspecies of diminuta: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 33; Bolton, 1995b: 230; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013c: 17 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 51 (error).
  • Junior synonym of diminuta: Xu & He, 2015: 138.

References

• Forel, A. 1901m. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hambg. 18: 43-82 (page 46, 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.