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Leptogenys kitteli minor
| Leptogenys kitteli minor | |
|---|---|
| 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 minor Forel, 1900 |
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.
- minor. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) kitteli var. minor Forel, 1900d: 307 (diagnosis in key) (w.) INDIA (West Bengal).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Calcutta (Rothney).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Subspecies of kitteli: Emery, 1911d: 104; Forel, 1911e: 252; Santschi, 1920h: 159; Santschi, 1924c: 97; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 232; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013c: 17 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 52 (error).
- Junior synonym of kitteli: Xu & He, 2015: 142.
References
- Forel, A. 1900f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 13:303-332. (page 307, (diagnosis in key) 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.