Ectomomyrmex leeuwenhoeki

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Philippines. Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India, Thailand, Vietnam. Palaearctic Region: China.

Biology
This species is AQ+G type: sexual reproduction is performed by dealated queen (seven colonies) or mated worker (eight colonies). All colonies (from Ulu Gombak, Peninsular Malaysia) were monogynous with one mated egg-laying female. Colony size was very small with fewer than 10 workers. In both the gamergate and queen colonies, dominance interactions were very rare but frequent aggressions were observed in orphaned colonies. The most dominant worker in an orphaned colony fragment mated with a male (Ito et al. 2007)

Nomenclature

 *  leeuwenhoeki. Ponera leeuwenhoeki Forel, 1886d: 244 (w.) INDIA. Imai, Brown, et al. 1984: 67 (k.). Combination in Bothroponera: Forel, 1891b: 124; in Ectomomyrmex: Forel, 1900d: 321; in Pachycondyla (Ectomomyrmex): Emery, 1901a: 46; in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2; in Ectomomyrmex: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 193. Current subspecies: nominal plus jacobsoni, sumatrensis. See also: Bingham, 1903: 88.