Checklist of Leptogenys species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Leptogenys. Synonyms are listed under their senior names.

A
acutangula Emery, 1914 (New Caledonia)

• Leptogenys acutangula brevinoda Emery, 1914

acutirostris Santschi, 1912 (Madagascar)

adlerzi Forel, 1900 (Australia)

alluaudi Emery, 1895 (Madagascar)

amazonica Borgmeier, 1930 (Brazil)

amon Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

amu Lattke, 2011

angusta (Forel, 1892) (Madagascar)

angustinoda Clark, 1934 (Australia)

anitae Forel, 1915 (Australia)

ankhesa Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

antillana Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914 (Haiti)

antongilensis Emery, 1899 (Madagascar)

arcirostris Santschi, 1926 (Madagascar)

arcuata Roger, 1861 (Suriname)

• Leptogenys arcuata deletangi Santschi, 1921

arnoldi Forel, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

aspera (André, 1889) (Vietnam)

assamensis Forel, 1900 (India)

attenuata (Smith, F., 1858) (South Africa)

• Leptogenys jaegerskjoeldi Santschi, 1914

australis (Emery, 1888) (Argentina)

• Leptogenys hanseni Borgmeier, 1930

B
bellii Emery, 1901 (Ethiopia)

bidentata Forel, 1900 (Australia)

bifida Lattke, 2011

binghamii Forel, 1900 (Myanmar)

birmana Forel, 1900 (Myanmar)

bituberculata Emery, 1901 (New Guinea)

bohlsi Emery, 1896 (Paraguay)

• Leptogenys bohlsi weiseri Santschi, 1925

borneensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919 (Borneo)

breviceps Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)

• Euponera niger Donisthorpe, 1949

• Pseudoponera lubbocki Donisthorpe, 1938

bubastis Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

buyssoni Forel, 1907 (Ethiopia)

C
caeciliae Viehmeyer, 1912 (New Guinea)

camerunensis Stitz, 1910 (Cameroun)

carbonaria Lattke, 2011

carinata Donisthorpe, 1943 (India)

castanea (Mayr, 1862) (South Africa)

• Leptogenys hewitti Santschi, 1932

• Leptogenys parva Forel, 1901

• Leptogenys parva bellua Forel, 1914

• Leptogenys parva dispar Santschi, 1914

centralis Wheeler, W.M., 1915 (Australia)

chalybaea (Emery, 1887) (Borneo)

chamela Lattke, 2011

chelifera (Santschi, 1928) (Australia)

chinensis (Mayr, 1870) (China)

ciliata Lattke, 2011

clarki Wheeler, W.M., 1933 (Australia)

coerulescens Emery, 1895 (Madagascar)

confucii Forel, 1912 (Taiwan)

conigera (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

• Leptogenys conigera mutans Forel, 1900

conradti Forel, 1913 (Cameroun)

consanguinea Wheeler, W.M., 1909 (Mexico)

cordoba Lattke, 2011

corniculans Lattke, 2011

cracens Lattke, 2011

crassicornis Emery, 1895 (Myanmar)

crassinoda Arnold, 1926 (South Africa)

crudelis (Smith, F., 1858) (Brazil)

• Leptogenys rubicunda Borgmeier, 1930

crustosa Santschi, 1914 (Guinea)

• Leptogenys africanus Weber, 1942

• Leptogenys conradti rufipes Santschi, 1937

cryptica Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

cuneata Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador)

D
dalyi Forel, 1900 (India)

darlingtoni Wheeler, W.M., 1933 (Australia)

davydovi Karavaiev, 1935 (Vietnam)

deborae Lattke, 2011

dentilobis Forel, 1900 (India)

diatra Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)

diminuta (Smith, F., 1857) (Australia)

• Leptogenys diminuta bismarckensis Forel, 1901

• Leptogenys diminuta papuana Stitz, 1912

• Leptogenys diminuta santschii Mann, 1919

• Leptogenys diminuta stitzi Viehmeyer, 1924

• Leptogenys diminuta yarrabahna Forel, 1915

• Ponera ferox Smith, F., 1865

• Ponera simillima Smith, F. 1860:104

diminuta deceptrix Forel, 1901 (India)

diminuta diminutolaeviceps Forel, 1900 (India)

diminuta fruhstorferi Emery, 1896 (Indonesia (Java))

diminuta laeviceps (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo)

diminuta nongnongi Karavaiev, 1925 (Indonesia (Java))

diminuta opacinodis (Emery, 1887) (Indonesia (Sumatra))

diminuta palliseri Forel, 1900 (India)

diminuta sarasinorum Forel, 1900 (Sri Lanka)

diminuta striatula Emery, 1895 (Myanmar)

diminuta tjibodana Karavaiev, 1926 (Indonesia (Java))

diminuta woodmasoni (Forel, 1886) (India)

donisthorpei Mann, 1922 (Honduras)

drepanon Wilson, 1958 (New Guinea)

E
ebenina Forel, 1915 (Australia)

elegans Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

elongata (Buckley, 1866) (United States)

• Lobopelta mexicana Mayr, 1870

• Lobopelta septentrionalis Mayr, 1886

• Ponera texana Buckley, 1866

emeryi Forel, 1901 (New Guinea (New Britain Island))

emiliae Forel, 1902 (India)

ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

• Leptogenys cursor Arnold, 1954

erugata Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)

erythraea Emery, 1902 (Ethiopia)

excellens Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

excisa (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

• Leptogenys excisa major Forel, 1910

exigua Crawley, 1921 (Australia)

exudans (Walker, 1859) (Sri Lanka)

F
falcigera Roger, 1861 (Sri Lanka)

• Leptogenys insularis Smith, F., 1879

fallax (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

famelica Emery, 1896 (Costa Rica)

ferrarii Forel, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

• Leptogenys ferrari dentatula Santschi, 1915

foraminosa Lattke, 2011

foreli Mann, 1919 (Solomon Is)

• Leptogenys walkeri Donisthorpe, 1942

fortior Forel, 1900 (Australia)

foveonates Lattke, 2011

foveopunctata Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

fugax Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

furtiva Arnold, 1926 (Zimbabwe)

G
gagates Mann, 1922

gaigei Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Guyana)

• Leptogenys gaigei defuga Wheeler, W.M., 1923

• Leptogenys melzeri Borgmeier, 1930

gatu Lattke, 2011 (Panama and is known from Costa Rica – western Colombia)

glabra Lattke, 2011

gorgona Lattke, 2011

gracilis Emery, 1899 (Madagascar)

grandidieri Forel, 1910 (Madagascar)

guianensis Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Guyana)

guineensis Santschi, 1914 (Guinea)

H
hackeri Clark, 1934 (Australia)

harmsi Donisthorpe, 1935 (Christmas Island)

havilandi Forel, 1901 (South Africa)

hebrideana Wilson, 1958 (Vanuatu)

hemioptica Forel, 1901 (Indonesia (Sumatra))

hezhouensis Zhou, 2001 (China)

hodgsoni Forel, 1900 (Myanmar)

honduriana Mann, 1922 (Honduras)

honoria Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)

huangdii Xu, 2000 (China)

huapingensis Zhou, 2001 (China)

humiliata Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

hysterica Forel, 1900 (Sri Lanka)

I
iheringi Forel, 1911 (Brazil)

imperatrix Mann, 1922 (Honduras)

incisa Forel, 1891 (Madagascar)

• Leptogenys incisa imerinensis Forel, 1892

• Leptogenys incisa suarensis Emery, 1895

indigatrix Wilson, 1958 (New Guinea)

ingens Mayr, 1866 (Colombia)

intermedia Emery, 1902 (South Africa)

• Ponera nitida Smith, F. 1858

• Leptogenys brevinodis deflocata Santschi, 1926

• Leptogenys nitida adpressa Forel, 1914

• Leptogenys nitida aena Forel, 1914

• Leptogenys nitida brevinodis Forel, 1915

• Leptogenys nitida capensis Baroni Urbani, 1971

• Leptogenys nitida gracilis Santschi, 1914

• Leptogenys nitida grandior Forel, 1915

• Leptogenys nitida insinuata Santschi, 1914

• Leptogenys nitida speculans Santschi, 1926

• Leptogenys tenuis Stitz, 1911

intricata Viehmeyer, 1924 (Australia)

iridescens (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo)

iridescens currens Forel, 1901 (Borneo)

iridipennis (Smith, F., 1858) (India)

ixta Lattke, 2011

J
jeanettei Tiwari, 2000 (India)

jeanneli Santschi, 1914 (Tanzania)

josephi Mackay & Mackay, 2004 (Costa Rica)

K
karawaiewi Santschi, 1928 (Indonesia (Java))

keysseri Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)

khammouanensis Roncin & Deharveng, 2003 (Laos)

khaura Bolton, 1975 (Nigeria)

kiche Lattke, 2011

kitteli (Mayr, 1870) (India)

kitteli altisquamis Forel, 1900 (Myanmar)

kitteli laevis (Mayr, 1879) (Indonesia (Java))

kitteli minor Forel, 1900 (India)

kitteli siemsseni Viehmeyer, 1922 (China)

kitteli transiens Forel, 1911 (Borneo)

kraepelini Forel, 1905 (Indonesia (Java))

kraepelini baccha Santschi, 1919 (Vietnam)

kraepelini esae Forel, 1912 (Indonesia (Java))

kraepelini nero Forel, 1913 (Indonesia (Java))

L
laeviterga Zhou et al., 2012 (China)

langi Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Guyana)

laozii Xu, 2000 (China)

leiothorax Prins, 1965 (Mozambique)

letilae Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

linda Lattke, 2011

linearis (Smith, F., 1858) (Brazil)

• Leptogenys dasygyna Wheeler, W.M., 1923

longensis Forel, 1915 (Australia)

longiceps Santschi, 1914 (Senegal)

longiscapa Donisthorpe, 1943 (India)

lucidula Emery, 1895 (Myanmar)

luederwaldti Forel, 1913 (Brazil)

• Leptogenys anacleti Borgmeier, 1930

M
mactans Bolton, 1975 (South Africa)

magna Forel, 1900 (Australia)

manni Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (United States)

mastax Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

mavaca Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)

maxillosa (Smith, F., 1858) (Mauritius)

• Formica vinsonnella Dufour, 1864

• Leptogenys cribrata Emery, 1895

• Leptogenys falcata Roger, 1861

maya Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

melena Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)

mengzii Xu, 2000 (China)

meritans (Walker, 1859) (Sri Lanka)

microps Bolton, 1975 (Ivory Coast)

minchinii Forel, 1900 (India)

minima Lattke, 2011

mjobergi Forel, 1915 (Australia)

modiglianii Emery, 1900 (Indonesia (Engano Island))

moelleri (Bingham, 1903) (India)

montuosa Lattke, 2011

mucronata Forel, 1893 (Antilles)

mucronata columbica Forel, 1901 (Colombia)

mutabilis (Smith, F., 1861) (Indonesia (Sulawesi))

myops (Emery, 1887) (Indonesia (Java))

N
navua Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

nebra Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

neutralis Forel, 1907 (Australia)

nigricans Lattke, 2011 (Brazil)

nitens Donisthorpe, 1943 (New Guinea)

nuserra Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

O
oaxaca Lattke, 2011

occidentalis Bernard, 1953 (Guinea)

• Leptogenys ferrarii bernardi Baroni Urbani, 1971

• Leptogenys ferrarii sulcinodis Bernard, 1953

optica Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)

orchidioides Lattke, 2011

oresbia Wilson, 1958 (Solomon Is)

oswaldi (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar)

P
pangui Xu, 2000 (China)

panops Lattke, 2011

papuana Emery, 1897 (New Guinea)

paraense Lattke, 2011

parvula Emery, 1900 (Indonesia (Sumatra))

pavesii Emery, 1892 (Somalia)

• Leptogenys maxillosa sericeus Weber, 1942

peninsularis Mann, 1926 (Mexico)

peringueyi Forel, 1913 (South Africa)

peruana Lattke, 2011

peuqueti (André, 1887) (Viet Nam)

phylloba Lattke, 2011

pinna Lattke, 2011

piroskae Forel, 1910 (Ethiopia)

pittieri Lattke, 2011

podenzanai (Emery, 1895) (Australia)

• Prionogenys podenzanai malandensis Forel, 1915

pompiloides (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo)

princeps Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

processionalis (Jerdon, 1851) (India)

• Lobopelta distinguenda andrei Emery, 1887

• Ponera ocellifera Roger, 1861

processionalis distinguenda (Emery, 1887) (Borneo)

pruinosa Forel, 1900 (Sri Lanka)

pubiceps Emery, 1890 (Venezuela)

pubiceps cubaensis Santschi, 1930 (Cuba)

pubiceps vincentensis Forel, 1901 (Antilles)

pucuna Lattke, 2011

punctata Emery, 1914 (New Caledonia)

punctaticeps Emery, 1890 (Costa Rica)

• Leptogenys ambigua Santschi, 1931

punctiventris (Mayr, 1879) (India)

purpurea (Emery, 1887) (New Guinea)

pusilla (Emery, 1890) (Costa Rica)

Q
quadrata Lattke, 2011 (Colombia, and is known from Costa Rica – eastern Ecuador)

quiriguana Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Guatemala)

quirozi Lattke, 2011

R
rasila Lattke, 2011

ravida Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

reggae Lattke, 2011

regis Bolton, 1975 (Kenya)

ridens Forel, 1910 (Madagascar)

ritae Forel, 1899 (Panama)

• Leptogenys pusilla panamana Wheeler, W.M., 1923

• Leptogenys venatrix Forel, 1899

roberti Forel, 1900 (India)

roberti coonoorensis Forel, 1900 (India)

rouxi (Emery, 1914) (New Caledonia)

rufa Mann, 1922 (Honduras)

rufida Zhou et al., 2012 (China)

rugosopunctata Karavaiev, 1925 (Indonesia (Java))

S
sagaris Wilson, 1958 (New Caledonia)

santacruzi Lattke, 2011

saussurei (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar)

schwabi Forel, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

serrata Lattke, 2011

sianka Lattke, 2011

sjostedti Forel, 1915 (Australia)

socorda Lattke, 2011

sonora Lattke, 2011

spandax Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

stenocheilos (Jerdon, 1851) (India)

sterops Bolton, 1975 (Ivory Coast)

strator Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

strena Zhou, 2001 (China)

striatidens Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)

stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893 (Mozambique)

• Leptogenys comorensis Forel, 1907

stygia Bolton, 1975 (Nigeria)

sulcinoda (André, 1892) (Gabon)

T
tama Lattke, 2011

terroni Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

testacea (Donisthorpe, 1948) (Ghana)

tiobil Lattke, 2011

titan Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

toxeres Lattke, 2011

tricosa Taylor, 1969 (Australia)

• Dorylozelus mjobergi Forel, 1915

triloba Emery, 1901 (New Guinea)

trilobata Santschi, 1924 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

truncata Mann, 1919 (Solomon Is)

truncatirostris Forel, 1897 (Madagascar)

turneri Forel, 1900 (Australia)

U
unistimulosa Roger, 1863 (Brazil)

• Leptogenys unistimulosa bahiana Santschi, 1929

• Leptogenys unistimulosa trinidadensis Forel, 1901

V
varicosa Stitz, 1925 (Philippines)

vindicis Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

violacea Donisthorpe, 1942 (New Guinea)

vitiensis Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

voeltzkowi Forel, 1897 (Madagascar)

vogeli Borgmeier, 1933 (Brazil)

volcanica Lattke, 2011

W
watsoni Forel, 1900 (Myanmar)

wheeleri Forel, 1901 (Mexico)

Y
yerburyi Forel, 1900 (Sri Lanka)

yocota Lattke, 2011

Z
zapyxis Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

zhuangzii Xu, 2000 (China)

L
lacerata Zhang, 1989 (China (Miocene))