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Leptomesites
| Leptomesites | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptanilla) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptanillinae |
| Tribe: | Leptanillini |
| Genus: | Leptomesites Kutter, 1948 |
| Type species | |
| Leptomesites escheri, now Leptanilla escheri
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Leptanilla.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- LEPTOMESITES [junior synonym of Leptanilla]
- Leptomesites Kutter, 1948: 286. Type-species: Leptomesites escheri, by original designation.
Taxonomic history
- Leptomesites junior synonym of Leptanilla: Baroni Urbani, 1977c: 433; Griebenow, 2024: 128.
References
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1977c. Materiali per una revisione della sottofamiglia Leptanillinae Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. Basil. 2: 427-488 (page 433, Leptomesites as junior synonym of Leptanilla)
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 152, Leptomesites as junior synonym of Leptanilla)
- Griebenow, Z. 2024. Systematic revision of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1189, 83–184 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506).
- Kutter, H. 1948. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Leptanillinae (Hym. Formicidae). Eine neue Ameisengattung aus Süd-Indien. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 21: 286-295 (page 286, Leptomesites in Leptanillinae)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1985b. A simplified conspectus of the Formicidae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 111: 255-264 (page 257, Leptomesites in Leptanillinae)