Leptogenys kitteli minor

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Leptogenys kitteli minor
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptogenys kitteli)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Leptogenys
Species: Leptogenys kitteli minor
Forel, 1900

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Leptogenys kitteli.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • minor. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) kitteli var. minor Forel, 1900d: 307 (diagnosis in key) (w.) INDIA (West Bengal).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: India: Calcutta (Rothney).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Subspecies of kitteli: Emery, 1911d: 104; Forel, 1911e: 252; Santschi, 1920h: 159; Santschi, 1924c: 97; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 36; Bolton, 1995b: 232; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013c: 17 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 52 (error).
    • Junior synonym of kitteli: Xu & He, 2015: 142.

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