Leptogenys gaigei

Distribution
This taxon was described from Guyana. It is known from Amazon-Orinoco watershed Ecuador, Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, and French Guiana.

Nomenclature

 *  gaigei. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) gaigei Wheeler, W.M. 1923d: 7, fig. 2 (w.) GUYANA. Lattke, 2011: 184 (m.). Senior synonym of defuga, melzeri: Lattke, 2011: 183.
 * defuga. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) gaigei var. defuga Wheeler, W.M. 1923d: 8 (w.) GUYANA. Junior synonym of gaigei: Lattke, 2011: 183.
 * melzeri. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) melzeri Borgmeier, 1930: 27, pl. 4, figs. 15, 20, 22 (w.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of gaigei: Lattke, 2011: 183.

Additional References

 * 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.