Leptogenys peuqueti

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Leptogenys peuqueti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Leptogenys
Species group: chinensis
Species: L. peuqueti
Binomial name
Leptogenys peuqueti
(André, 1887)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms
At a Glance • Gamergate  


Photo Gallery

  • Leptogenys peuqueti worker. Photo by Dulneth Wijewardana

Identification

A member of the Leptogenys chinensis species group.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 22.675° to 3.698055556°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Philippines, Singapore.
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (type locality), Myanmar (type locality), Sri Lanka, Vietnam (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Thirteen colonies of L. peuqueti collected had 25.5 ± 22 virgin workers (range 4-88) and 4 ± 3.4 gamergates (range 1-13)(Ito 1997). Three colonies had a single gamergate.

Castes

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Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Leptogenys peuquetiWorker. Specimen code casent0907380. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Leptogenys minchiniiWorker. Specimen code casent0907379. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Leptogenys watsoniWorker. Specimen code casent0907381. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

  • peuqueti. Lobopelta peuqueti André, 1887: 292 (w.) VIETNAM. Imai, Kubota, et al. 1985: 46 (k.). Combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1895k: 461. Senior synonym of minchinii: Xu & He, 2015: 145. See also: Bingham, 1903: 71.
  • minchinii. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) minchinii Forel, 1900d: 308 (diagnosis in key) (w.) INDIA. Forel, 1900d: 314 (m.); Imai, Baroni Urbani, et al. 1984: 5 (k.). Junior synonym of peuqueti: Xu & He, 2015: 145. See also: Bingham, 1903: 70; Rothney, 1903: 97.
  • watsoni. Leptogenys peuqueti r. watsoni Forel, 1900d: 309 (diagnosis in key) (w.) MYANMAR. Raised to species: Bingham, 1903: 72. Junior synonym of peuqueti: Xu & He, 2015: 145.

Description

Karyotype

  • n = 26, 2n = 52 (India) (Imai et al., 1984; Mariano et al., 2015) (as Leptogenys minchini).
  • n = 27, 2n = 54 (Indonesia) (Imai et al., 1985; Mariano et al., 2015).

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