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Leptogenys assamensis
| Leptogenys assamensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Leptogenys |
| Species group: | chinensis |
| Species: | L. assamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptogenys assamensis Forel, 1900
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Identification
Keys including this Species
- Key to Leptogenys of India
- Key to Oriental Leptogenys
- Keys to Oriental Region Leptogenys chinensis group 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
Images from AntWeb
    
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| Syntype of Leptogenys assamensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0907363. Photographer Z. Lieberman, 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.
- assamensis. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) assamensis Forel, 1900d: 313 (w.) INDIA. Combination in Lobopelta: Bingham, 1903: 70; in Leptogenys (Lobopelta): Emery, 1911d: 102.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
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 70, Combination in Lobopelta)
- Dendup, K.C., Dorji, C., Dhadwal, T., Bharti, H., Pfeiffer, M. 2021. A preliminary checklist of ants from Bhutan. Asian Myrmecology 14, e014005 (doi:10.20362/am.014005).
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 102, Combination in Leptogenys (Lobopelta))
- 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 313, worker described)