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Leptogenys roberti
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Leptogenys |
| Species: | L. roberti |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptogenys roberti Forel, 1900
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Worker
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| Syntype of Leptogenys roberti. Worker. Specimen code casent0907382. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- roberti. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) roberti Forel, 1900d: 311 (w.) INDIA (Meghalaya).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Assam, Khasia Hills (Smythies).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Forel, 1913k: 17 (footnote) (m.).
- Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 68; Emery, 1911d: 105; Forel, 1913k: 17 (footnote); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 233; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013c: 18 (in key); Xu & He, 2015: 154 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 52; Arimoto & Yamane, 2018: 27 (in key).
- Senior synonym of coonoorensis: Xu & He, 2015: 143.
- Distribution: India.
- coonoorensis. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) roberti r. coonoorensis Forel, 1900d: 306 (diagnosis in key) (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: India: Coonoor (Wroughton).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 68.
- Subspecies of roberti: Emery, 1911d: 105; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 230; Tiwari, 1999: 24; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013c: 18 (in key); Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 52 (error).
- Junior synonym of roberti: Xu & He, 2015: 143.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
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References
- Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 68, see also)
- Forel, A. 1900f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 13:303-332. (page 311, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 36: 1-148 (page 17, male described)
- Xu, Z. & He, Q. 2015. Taxonomic review of the ponerine ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 with a key to the Oriental species. Myrmecological News 21: 137-161.
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
- Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
- Xu Z. H., and Q. J. He. 2015. Taxonomic review of the ponerine ant genus Leptogenys ROGER, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a key to the Oriental species. Myrmecological News 21: 137-161.