Leptogenys pompiloides

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.

Nomenclature

 *  pompiloides. Ponera pompiloides Smith, F. 1857a: 69 (m.) BORNEO. Combination in Leptogenys: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 448.

Ponera pompiloides

Type-series males equivocal. Type-locality of this taxon is Borneo (Sarawak). A single male in, labelled “Sing.” (= Singapore) bears a Donisthorpe type-label. A second male, in and also labelled “Sing.”, is identical and appears to be from the same series. Both species more or less fit the very poor original description, but their identity as type-material must be in doubt as the locality is wrong. Or, just possibly, Smith recorded the locality incorrectly.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
 * Smith, F.. "Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace." Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 2 (1857): 42-88.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147.