Leptogenys nitida gracilis

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Leptogenys nitida gracilis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptogenys intermedia)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Leptogenys
Species: Leptogenys nitida gracilis
Santschi, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gracilis. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida var. gracilis Santschi, 1914e: 11 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of gracilis Emery, above.] Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.

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