Leptogenys birmana
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Leptogenys birmana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Leptogenys |
Species: | L. birmana |
Binomial name | |
Leptogenys birmana Forel, 1900 |
Contents
Identification
A member of the Leptogenys crassicornis species group.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar (type locality), Thailand, Vietnam.
Palaearctic Region: China.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Worker
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- birmana. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) birmana Forel, 1900d: 310 (w.) MYANMAR. Bingham, 1903: 58 (m.).
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 58, male described)
- 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. PDF (page 310, worker described)
- Xu, Z. 1996b. A taxonomic study of the ant genus Leptogenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in China. J. Yunnan Agric. Univ. 11: 222-227 (page 223, new record for China)