Leptogenys venatrix

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Leptogenys venatrix
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptogenys ritae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Leptogenys
Species: Leptogenys venatrix
Forel, 1899

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

Nomenclature

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

  • venatrix. Leptogenys venatrix Forel, 1899c: 17 (w.) PANAMA. Junior synonym of ritae: Lattke, 2011: 198.


References

  • Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 1-24 (page 17, worker described)
  • Lattke, J.E. 2011. Revision of the New World species of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 69:127-264.