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Leptogenys roberti coonoorensis
| Leptogenys roberti coonoorensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptogenys roberti) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Leptogenys |
| Species: | Leptogenys roberti coonoorensis Forel, 1900 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Leptogenys roberti.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- coonoorensis. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) roberti r. coonoorensis Forel, 1900d: 306 (diagnosis in key) (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Coonoor (Wroughton).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 68.
- Subspecies of roberti: Emery, 1911d: 105; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 230; Tiwari, 1999: 24; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013c: 18 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 52 (error).
- Junior synonym of roberti: Xu & He, 2015: 143.
References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 68, Raised to species)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 105, Subspecies of roberti)
- 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 306, (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.