Leptogenys punctaticeps

Distribution
This taxon was described from Costa Rica. It is known from Costa Rica – northwestern Colombia.

Nomenclature

 *  punctaticeps. Leptogenys punctaticeps Emery, 1890a: 62 (footnote) (w.) COSTA RICA. [Also described as new by Emery, 1894k: 49.] Wheeler, W.M. 1911b: 168 (m.); Menozzi, 1927c: 272 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 455 (l.). Senior synonym of ambigua: Lattke, 2011: 220. [Name misspelled as puncticeps by Emery, 1911d: 100; Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914: 14; see Kempf, 1972a: 130.]
 * ambigua. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) ambigua Santschi, 1931c: 267, figs. 2, 3 (w.) PANAMA. Junior synonym of punctaticeps: Lattke, 2011: 220.

Additional References

 * [[Media: Lattke 2011.pdf|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. PDF]]