Leptogenys intermedia

Distribution
This taxon was described from South Africa. It is also found in Mozambique.

Nomenclature

 * nitida. Ponera nitida Smith, F. 1858b: 92 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. [Junior primary homonym of †Ponera nitida Heer, 1849: 149 (now in Dolichoderus).] First available replacement name: intermedia Emery, 1902c: 32 (synonymy with nitida Smith by Bolton, 1975a: 289); designated by Bolton, 1995b: 231. Arnold, 1926: 211 (q.). Combination in Lobopelta: Mayr, 1886c: 358; in Leptogenys: Forel, 1901f: 329.
 *  intermedia. Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902c: 32 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. See also: Forel, 1914d: 214. Junior synonym of nitida Smith: Bolton, 1975a: 289. First available replacement name for nitida Smith, F. 1858b: 92 [Junior primary homonym of †nitida Heer, 1849: 149.]; designated by Bolton, 1995b: 231. Hence senior synonym of tenuis: Forel, 1912n: 52; Bolton, 1975a: 289; of adpressa, aena, capensis, deflocata, gracilis, grandior, insinuata, intermedia, speculans: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
 * tenuis. Leptogenys tenuis Stitz, 1911b: 376, fig. 1 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of nitida: Forel, 1912n: 52; Bolton, 1975a: 289.
 * adpressa. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida var. adpressa Forel, 1914d: 214 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
 * aena. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida var. aena Forel, 1914d: 215 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
 * 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.
 * insinuata. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida st. insinuata Santschi, 1914e: 11 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
 * brevinodis. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida r. brevinodis Forel, 1915c: 335 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Raised to species: Santschi, 1926b: 209. [Junior primary homonym of brevinoda Emery, above.] Replacement name: capensis Baroni Urbani, 1971b: 360.
 * grandior. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida var. grandior Forel, 1915c: 335 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
 * deflocata. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) brevinodis var. deflocata Santschi, 1926b: 209 (w.) MOZAMBIQUE. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
 * speculans. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida st. speculans Santschi, 1926b: 209 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
 * capensis. Leptogenys nitida subsp. capensis Baroni Urbani, 1971b: 360. Replacement name for brevinodis Forel, 1915c: 335. [Junior primary homonym of brevinoda Emery, 1914f: 399.] Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.

Ponera nitida

Five worker syntypes in. Labelled (on the stage card and also on a separate data disc) “Port Natal. 56/63.” Acc. Reg.: “1856 no. 63 (May 24). Port Natal. Purchased from Stevens. Collected by Mr Plant.”

Additional References

 * [[Media:Bolton 1975a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1975a. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 31: 235-305 PDF]]