Checklist of Leptogenys species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Leptogenys. Synonyms are listed under their senior names.

A
acutangula Emery, 1914 (New Caledonia)

• Leptogenys acutangula brevinoda Emery, 1914

acutirostris Santschi, 1912 (Madagascar)

adlerzi Forel, 1900 (Australia)

alluaudi Emery, 1895 (Madagascar)

amazonica Borgmeier, 1930 (Brazil)

amon Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

amu Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)

angusta (Forel, 1892) (Madagascar)

angustinoda Clark, 1934 (Australia)

anitae Forel, 1915 (Australia)

ankhesa Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

antillana Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914 (Haiti)

antongilensis Emery, 1899 (Madagascar)

arcirostris Santschi, 1926 (Madagascar)

arcuata Roger, 1861 (Suriname)

• Leptogenys arcuata deletangi Santschi, 1921

arnoldi Forel, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

aspera (André, 1889) (Vietnam)

assamensis Forel, 1900 (India)

attenuata (Smith, F., 1858) (South Africa)

• Leptogenys jaegerskjoeldi Santschi, 1914

australis (Emery, 1888) (Argentina)

• Leptogenys hanseni Borgmeier, 1930

B
bellii Emery, 1901 (Ethiopia)

bidentata Forel, 1900 (Australia)

bifida Lattke, 2011 (Honduras)

binghamii Forel, 1900 (Myanmar)

birmana Forel, 1900 (Myanmar)

bituberculata Emery, 1901 (New Guinea)

bohlsi Emery, 1896 (Paraguay)

• Leptogenys bohlsi weiseri Santschi, 1925

borneensis Wheeler, W.M., 1919 (Borneo)

breviceps Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)

• Euponera niger Donisthorpe, 1949

• Pseudoponera lubbocki Donisthorpe, 1938

bubastis Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

buyssoni Forel, 1907 (Ethiopia)

C
caeciliae Viehmeyer, 1912 (New Guinea)

camerunensis Stitz, 1910 (Cameroun)

carbonaria Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)

carinata Donisthorpe, 1943 (India)

castanea (Mayr, 1862) (South Africa)

• Leptogenys hewitti Santschi, 1932

• Leptogenys parva Forel, 1901

• Leptogenys parva bellua Forel, 1914

• Leptogenys parva dispar Santschi, 1914

centralis Wheeler, W.M., 1915 (Australia)

chalybaea (Emery, 1887) (Borneo)

chamela Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

chelifera (Santschi, 1928) (Australia)

chinensis (Mayr, 1870) (China)

ciliata Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador)

clarki Wheeler, W.M., 1933 (Australia)

coerulescens Emery, 1895 (Madagascar)

confucii Forel, 1912 (Taiwan)

conigera (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

• Leptogenys conigera mutans Forel, 1900

conradti Forel, 1913 (Cameroun)

consanguinea Wheeler, W.M., 1909 (Mexico)

cordoba Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

corniculans Lattke, 2011 (Brazil)

cracens Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

crassicornis Emery, 1895 (Myanmar)

crassinoda Arnold, 1926 (South Africa)

crudelis (Smith, F., 1858) (Brazil)

• Leptogenys rubicunda Borgmeier, 1930

crustosa Santschi, 1914 (Guinea)

• Leptogenys africanus Weber, 1942

• Leptogenys conradti rufipes Santschi, 1937

cryptica Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

cuneata Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador)

D
dalyi Forel, 1900 (India)

darlingtoni Wheeler, W.M., 1933 (Australia)

davydovi Karavaiev, 1935 (Vietnam)

deborae Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)

dentilobis Forel, 1900 (India)

diatra Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)

diminuta (Smith, F., 1857) (Australia)

• Leptogenys diminuta bismarckensis Forel, 1901

• Leptogenys diminuta papuana Stitz, 1912

• Leptogenys diminuta santschii Mann, 1919

• Leptogenys diminuta stitzi Viehmeyer, 1924

• Leptogenys diminuta yarrabahna Forel, 1915

• Ponera ferox Smith, F., 1865

• Ponera simillima Smith, F. 1860:104

diminuta deceptrix Forel, 1901 (India)

diminuta diminutolaeviceps Forel, 1900 (India)

diminuta fruhstorferi Emery, 1896 (Indonesia (Java))

diminuta laeviceps (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo)

diminuta nongnongi Karavaiev, 1925 (Indonesia (Java))

diminuta opacinodis (Emery, 1887) (Indonesia (Sumatra))

diminuta palliseri Forel, 1900 (India)

diminuta sarasinorum Forel, 1900 (Sri Lanka)

diminuta striatula Emery, 1895 (Myanmar)

diminuta tjibodana Karavaiev, 1926 (Indonesia (Java))

diminuta woodmasoni (Forel, 1886) (India)

donisthorpei Mann, 1922 (Honduras)

drepanon Wilson, 1958 (New Guinea)

E
ebenina Forel, 1915 (Australia)

elegans Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

elongata (Buckley, 1866) (United States)

• Lobopelta mexicana Mayr, 1870

• Lobopelta septentrionalis Mayr, 1886

• Ponera texana Buckley, 1866

emeryi Forel, 1901 (New Guinea (New Britain Island))

emiliae Forel, 1902 (India)

ergatogyna Wheeler, W.M., 1922 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

• Leptogenys cursor Arnold, 1954

erugata Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)

erythraea Emery, 1902 (Ethiopia)

excellens Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

excisa (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

• Leptogenys excisa major Forel, 1910

exigua Crawley, 1921 (Australia)

exudans (Walker, 1859) (Sri Lanka)

F
falcigera Roger, 1861 (Sri Lanka)

• Leptogenys insularis Smith, F., 1879

fallax (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

famelica Emery, 1896 (Costa Rica)

ferrarii Forel, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

• Leptogenys ferrari dentatula Santschi, 1915

foraminosa Lattke, 2011 (Costa Rica)

foreli Mann, 1919 (Solomon Is)

• Leptogenys walkeri Donisthorpe, 1942

fortior Forel, 1900 (Australia)

foveonates Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)

foveopunctata Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

fugax Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

furtiva Arnold, 1926 (Zimbabwe)

G
gagates Mann, 1922 (Honduras)

gaigei Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Guyana)

• Leptogenys gaigei defuga Wheeler, W.M., 1923

• Leptogenys melzeri Borgmeier, 1930

gatu Lattke, 2011 (Panama and is known from Costa Rica – western Colombia)

glabra Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)

gorgona Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)

gracilis Emery, 1899 (Madagascar)

grandidieri Forel, 1910 (Madagascar)

guianensis Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Guyana)

guineensis Santschi, 1914 (Guinea)

H
hackeri Clark, 1934 (Australia)

harmsi Donisthorpe, 1935 (Christmas Island)

havilandi Forel, 1901 (South Africa)

hebrideana Wilson, 1958 (Vanuatu)

hemioptica Forel, 1901 (Indonesia (Sumatra))

hezhouensis Zhou, 2001 (China)

hodgsoni Forel, 1900 (Myanmar)

honduriana Mann, 1922 (Honduras)

honoria Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)

huangdii Xu, 2000 (China)

huapingensis Zhou, 2001 (China)

humiliata Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

hysterica Forel, 1900 (Sri Lanka)

I
iheringi Forel, 1911 (Brazil)

imperatrix Mann, 1922 (Honduras)

incisa Forel, 1891 (Madagascar)

• Leptogenys incisa imerinensis Forel, 1892

• Leptogenys incisa suarensis Emery, 1895

indigatrix Wilson, 1958 (New Guinea)

ingens Mayr, 1866 (Colombia)

intermedia Emery, 1902 (South Africa)

• Ponera nitida Smith, F. 1858

• Leptogenys brevinodis deflocata Santschi, 1926

• Leptogenys nitida adpressa Forel, 1914

• Leptogenys nitida aena Forel, 1914

• Leptogenys nitida brevinodis Forel, 1915

• Leptogenys nitida capensis Baroni Urbani, 1971

• Leptogenys nitida gracilis Santschi, 1914

• Leptogenys nitida grandior Forel, 1915

• Leptogenys nitida insinuata Santschi, 1914

• Leptogenys nitida speculans Santschi, 1926

• Leptogenys tenuis Stitz, 1911

intricata Viehmeyer, 1924 (Australia)

iridescens (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo)

iridescens currens Forel, 1901 (Borneo)

iridipennis (Smith, F., 1858) (India)

ixta Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

J
jeanettei Tiwari, 2000 (India)

jeanneli Santschi, 1914 (Tanzania)

josephi Mackay & Mackay, 2004 (Costa Rica)

K
karawaiewi Santschi, 1928 (Indonesia (Java))

keysseri Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)

khammouanensis Roncin & Deharveng, 2003 (Laos)

khaura Bolton, 1975 (Nigeria)

kiche Lattke, 2011 (Guatemala)

kitteli (Mayr, 1870) (India)

kitteli altisquamis Forel, 1900 (Myanmar)

kitteli laevis (Mayr, 1879) (Indonesia (Java))

kitteli minor Forel, 1900 (India)

kitteli siemsseni Viehmeyer, 1922 (China)

kitteli transiens Forel, 1911 (Borneo)

kraepelini Forel, 1905 (Indonesia (Java))

kraepelini baccha Santschi, 1919 (Vietnam)

kraepelini esae Forel, 1912 (Indonesia (Java))

kraepelini nero Forel, 1913 (Indonesia (Java))

L
laeviterga Zhou et al., 2012 (China)

langi Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Guyana)

laozii Xu, 2000 (China)

leiothorax Prins, 1965 (Mozambique)

letilae Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

linda Lattke, 2011 (Costa Rica)

linearis (Smith, F., 1858) (Brazil)

• Leptogenys dasygyna Wheeler, W.M., 1923

longensis Forel, 1915 (Australia)

longiceps Santschi, 1914 (Senegal)

longiscapa Donisthorpe, 1943 (India)

lucidula Emery, 1895 (Myanmar)

luederwaldti Forel, 1913 (Brazil)

• Leptogenys anacleti Borgmeier, 1930

M
mactans Bolton, 1975 (South Africa)

magna Forel, 1900 (Australia)

manni Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (United States)

mastax Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

mavaca Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)

maxillosa (Smith, F., 1858) (Mauritius)

• Formica vinsonnella Dufour, 1864

• Leptogenys cribrata Emery, 1895

• Leptogenys falcata Roger, 1861

maya Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

melena Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)

mengzii Xu, 2000 (China)

meritans (Walker, 1859) (Sri Lanka)

microps Bolton, 1975 (Ivory Coast)

minchinii Forel, 1900 (India)

minima Lattke, 2011 (Brazil)

mjobergi Forel, 1915 (Australia)

modiglianii Emery, 1900 (Indonesia (Engano Island))

moelleri (Bingham, 1903) (India)

montuosa Lattke, 2011 (Panama)

mucronata Forel, 1893 (Antilles)

mucronata columbica Forel, 1901 (Colombia)

mutabilis (Smith, F., 1861) (Indonesia (Sulawesi))

myops (Emery, 1887) (Indonesia (Java))

N
navua Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

nebra Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

neutralis Forel, 1907 (Australia)

nigricans Lattke, 2011 (Brazil)

nitens Donisthorpe, 1943 (New Guinea)

nuserra Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

O
oaxaca Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

occidentalis Bernard, 1953 (Guinea)

• Leptogenys ferrarii bernardi Baroni Urbani, 1971

• Leptogenys ferrarii sulcinodis Bernard, 1953

optica Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)

orchidioides Lattke, 2011 (Guatemala)

oresbia Wilson, 1958 (Solomon Is)

oswaldi (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar)

P
pangui Xu, 2000 (China)

panops Lattke, 2011 (French Guiana)

papuana Emery, 1897 (New Guinea)

paraense Lattke, 2011 (Brazil)

parvula Emery, 1900 (Indonesia (Sumatra))

pavesii Emery, 1892 (Somalia)

• Leptogenys maxillosa sericeus Weber, 1942

peninsularis Mann, 1926 (Mexico)

peringueyi Forel, 1913 (South Africa)

peruana Lattke, 2011 (Peru)

peuqueti (André, 1887) (Viet Nam)

phylloba Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)

pinna Lattke, 2011 (Costa Rica)

piroskae Forel, 1910 (Ethiopia)

pittieri Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)

podenzanai (Emery, 1895) (Australia)

• Prionogenys podenzanai malandensis Forel, 1915

pompiloides (Smith, F., 1857) (Borneo)

princeps Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

processionalis (Jerdon, 1851) (India)

• Lobopelta distinguenda andrei Emery, 1887

• Ponera ocellifera Roger, 1861

processionalis distinguenda (Emery, 1887) (Borneo)

pruinosa Forel, 1900 (Sri Lanka)

pubiceps Emery, 1890 (Venezuela)

pubiceps cubaensis Santschi, 1930 (Cuba)

pubiceps vincentensis Forel, 1901 (Antilles)

pucuna Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador)

punctata Emery, 1914 (New Caledonia)

punctaticeps Emery, 1890 (Costa Rica)

• Leptogenys ambigua Santschi, 1931

punctiventris (Mayr, 1879) (India)

purpurea (Emery, 1887) (New Guinea)

pusilla (Emery, 1890) (Costa Rica)

Q
quadrata Lattke, 2011 (Colombia, and is known from Costa Rica – eastern Ecuador)

quiriguana Wheeler, W.M., 1923 (Guatemala)

quirozi Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

R
rasila Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador)

ravida Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

reggae Lattke, 2011 (Jamaica)

regis Bolton, 1975 (Kenya)

ridens Forel, 1910 (Madagascar)

ritae Forel, 1899 (Panama)

• Leptogenys pusilla panamana Wheeler, W.M., 1923

• Leptogenys venatrix Forel, 1899

roberti Forel, 1900 (India)

roberti coonoorensis Forel, 1900 (India)

rouxi (Emery, 1914) (New Caledonia)

rufa Mann, 1922 (Honduras)

rufida Zhou et al., 2012 (China)

rugosopunctata Karavaiev, 1925 (Indonesia (Java))

S
sagaris Wilson, 1958 (New Caledonia)

santacruzi Lattke, 2011 (Ecuador)

saussurei (Forel, 1891) (Madagascar)

schwabi Forel, 1913 (Zimbabwe)

serrata Lattke, 2011 (Panama)

sianka Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

sjostedti Forel, 1915 (Australia)

socorda Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)

sonora Lattke, 2011 (Mexico)

spandax Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

stenocheilos (Jerdon, 1851) (India)

sterops Bolton, 1975 (Ivory Coast)

strator Bolton, 1975 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

strena Zhou, 2001 (China)

striatidens Bolton, 1975 (Cameroun)

stuhlmanni Mayr, 1893 (Mozambique)

• Leptogenys comorensis Forel, 1907

stygia Bolton, 1975 (Nigeria)

sulcinoda (André, 1892) (Gabon)

T
tama Lattke, 2011 (Colombia)

terroni Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

testacea (Donisthorpe, 1948) (Ghana)

tiobil Lattke, 2011 (Venezuela)

titan Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

toxeres Lattke, 2011 (Costa Rica)

tricosa Taylor, 1969 (Australia)

• Dorylozelus mjobergi Forel, 1915

triloba Emery, 1901 (New Guinea)

trilobata Santschi, 1924 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

truncata Mann, 1919 (Solomon Is)

truncatirostris Forel, 1897 (Madagascar)

turneri Forel, 1900 (Australia)

U
unistimulosa Roger, 1863 (Brazil)

• Leptogenys unistimulosa bahiana Santschi, 1929

• Leptogenys unistimulosa trinidadensis Forel, 1901

V
varicosa Stitz, 1925 (Philippines)

vindicis Bolton, 1975 (Cameroon)

violacea Donisthorpe, 1942 (New Guinea)

vitiensis Mann, 1921 (Fiji Is)

voeltzkowi Forel, 1897 (Madagascar)

vogeli Borgmeier, 1933 (Brazil)

volcanica Lattke, 2011 (Costa Rica)

W
watsoni Forel, 1900 (Myanmar)

wheeleri Forel, 1901 (Mexico)

Y
yerburyi Forel, 1900 (Sri Lanka)

yocota Lattke, 2011 (Honduras)

Z
zapyxis Bolton, 1975 (Ghana)

zhuangzii Xu, 2000 (China)

L
lacerata Zhang, 1989 (China (Miocene))