Leptogenys processionalis

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Workers from India. Photo by Kalesh Sadasivan.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.

Nomenclature

 *  processionalis. Ponera processionalis Jerdon, 1851: 118 (w.) INDIA. Imai, Baroni Urbani, et al. 1984: 5 (k.). Combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1911d: 105. Senior synonym of ocellifera (and its junior synonym andrei): Emery, 1911d: 105. Current subspecies: nominal plus distinguenda.
 * ocellifera. Ponera ocellifera Roger, 1861a: 13 (w.) SRI LANKA. Forel, 1900d: 309 (m.). Combination in Lobopelta: Roger, 1863b: 19; in Leptogenys: Emery, 1895k: 461. Junior synonym of mutabilis: Mayr, 1879: 665. Revived from synonymy: Dalla Torre, 1893: 45. Senior synonym of andrei: Emery, 1895k: 461 (footnote). Junior synonym of processionalis: Emery, 1911d: 105. See also: Bingham, 1903: 57.
 * andrei. Lobopelta distinguenda var. andrei Emery, 1887b: 431 (w.) VIETNAM. Junior synonym of ocellifera: Emery, 1895k: 461 (footnote).