Leptogenys confucii

Nests are found under stones or rotting wood, or in forest leaf-litter. They include only a few tens of workers. When nests are breached the workers disperse rapidly, so it is difficult to census colonies. Reproductive females are ergatoid. Males are winged and typically ponerine in habitus, but with pectinate tarsal claws. (Japanese Ant Image Database)

Identification
A member of the Leptogenys chinensis species group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Taiwan. Palaearctic Region: Japan.

Nomenclature

 *  confucii. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) confucii Forel, 1912a: 48 (w.) TAIWAN. Ogata, 1987: 123 (m.).

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