Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  erythrocephalus. Formica erythrocephala Fabricius, 1775: 391 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Emery, 1891a: 152 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1951: 179 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 345 (k.). Combination in Leptomyrmex: Mayr, 1862: 696. Senior synonym of clarki, froggatti, mandibularis, unctus: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1915d: 265; Wheeler, W.M. 1934c: 85.
 * froggatti. Leptomyrmex froggatti Forel, 1910b: 57 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1934c: 101. Junior synonym of erythrocephalus: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30.
 * mandibularis. Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus var. mandibularis Wheeler, W.M. 1915d: 268 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Subspecies of erythrocephalus: Wheeler, W.M. 1934c: 87. Junior synonym of erythrocephalus: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30.
 * clarki. Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus subsp. clarki Wheeler, W.M. 1934c: 117 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of erythrocephalus: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30.
 * unctus. Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus subsp. unctus Wheeler, W.M. 1934c: 87 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of erythrocephalus: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30.

Additional References

 * Lucky, A. 2011. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the spider ants, genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59: 281-292.
 * Lucky, A. & Ward, P.S. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr. Zootaxa 2688: 1-67.
 * Smith, D.J. & Shattuck, S.O. 2009. Six new, unusually small ants of the genus Leptomyrmex. Zootaxa 2142: 57-68.