Leptogenys elongata

Distribution
This taxon was described from the United States. It is known from eastern Mexico – southcentral USA.

Nomenclature

 *  elongata. Ponera elongata Buckley, 1866: 172 (w.) U.S.A. Wheeler, W.M. 1900b: 7, 16 (q.m.l.); Wheeler, W.M. 1904c: 258 (w.q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952c: 641 (l.); Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 378 (l.). Combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1895c: 338; Wheeler, W.M. 1900b: 2. Senior synonym of septentrionalis, texana: Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 25; Wheeler, W.M. 1904c: 257; of mexicana: Lattke, 2011: 157.
 * mexicana. Lobopelta mexicana Mayr, 1870b: 966 (w.) MEXICO. Combination in Leptogenys: Forel, 1899c: 18. Junior synonym of elongata: Lattke, 2011: 157.
 * septentrionalis. Lobopelta septentrionalis Mayr, 1886d: 438 (w.) U.S.A. Combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1895c: 268. Junior synonym of elongata: Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 25.
 * texana. Ponera texana Buckley, 1866: 170 (w.) U.S.A. Combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1895c: 338. Junior synonym of elongata: Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 25; Wheeler, W.M. 1904c: 258.

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.