Leptogenys intermedia

Leptogenys intermedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Leptogenys
Species:	L. intermedia
Binomial name
Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902 Specimen Label
Synonyms
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

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Afrotropical Leptogenys workers

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa (type locality), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Nomenclature

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

• nitida. Ponera nitida Smith, F. 1858b: 92 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. [Junior primary homonym of †Ponera nitida Heer, 1849: 149 (now in Dolichoderus).] First available replacement name: intermedia Emery, 1902c: 32 (synonymy with nitida Smith by Bolton, 1975a: 289); designated by Bolton, 1995b: 231. Arnold, 1926: 211 (q.). Combination in Lobopelta: Mayr, 1886c: 358; in Leptogenys: Forel, 1901f: 329.
• intermedia. Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902c: 32 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. See also: Forel, 1914d: 214. Junior synonym of nitida Smith: Bolton, 1975a: 289. First available replacement name for nitida Smith, F. 1858b: 92 [Junior primary homonym of †nitida Heer, 1849: 149.]; designated by Bolton, 1995b: 231. Hence senior synonym of tenuis: Forel, 1912n: 52; Bolton, 1975a: 289; of adpressa, aena, capensis, deflocata, gracilis, grandior, insinuata, intermedia, speculans: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• tenuis. Leptogenys tenuis Stitz, 1911b: 376, fig. 1 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of nitida: Forel, 1912n: 52; Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• adpressa. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida var. adpressa Forel, 1914d: 214 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• aena. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida var. aena Forel, 1914d: 215 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• gracilis. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida var. gracilis Santschi, 1914e: 11 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of gracilis Emery, above.] Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• insinuata. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida st. insinuata Santschi, 1914e: 11 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• brevinodis. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida r. brevinodis Forel, 1915c: 335 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Raised to species: Santschi, 1926b: 209. [Junior primary homonym of brevinoda Emery, above.] Replacement name: capensis Baroni Urbani, 1971b: 360.
• grandior. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida var. grandior Forel, 1915c: 335 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• deflocata. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) brevinodis var. deflocata Santschi, 1926b: 209 (w.) MOZAMBIQUE. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• speculans. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitida st. speculans Santschi, 1926b: 209 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• capensis. Leptogenys nitida subsp. capensis Baroni Urbani, 1971b: 360. Replacement name for brevinodis Forel, 1915c: 335. [Junior primary homonym of brevinoda Emery, 1914f: 399.] Junior synonym of nitida: Bolton, 1975a: 289.

The following notes on F. Smith type specimens have been provided by Barry Bolton (details):

Ponera nitida

Five worker syntypes in The Natural History Museum. Labelled (on the stage card and also on a separate data disc) “Port Natal. 56/63.” Acc. Reg.: “1856 no. 63 (May 24). Port Natal. Purchased from Stevens. Collected by Mr Plant.”

References

• Bolton, B. 1975a. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 31: 235-305. (page 289, Junior synonym of nitida Smith)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 231, designated )
• Dahbi, A., Retana, J., Lenoir, A., Cerdá, X. 2007. Nest-moving by the polydomous ant Cataglyphis iberica. Journal of Ethology 26, 119–126 (doi:10.1007/S10164-007-0041-4).
• Duncan F.D. & R.M. Crewe 1993. A comparison of the energetics of foraging of three species of Leptogenys (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Physiological Entomology 18, 372-378.
• Emery, C. 1902c. Note mirmecologiche. Rend. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (n.s.) 6: 22-34 (page 32, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 214, see also)
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 92, First available replacement name for nitida)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
• Arnold G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 191-295.
• Bolton B. 1975. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 31: 235-305.
• Emery C. 1902. Note mirmecologiche. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)6: 22-34.
• Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
• Forel A. 1901. Nouvelles espèces de Ponerinae. (Avec un nouveau sous-genre et une espèce nouvelle d'Eciton). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 9: 325-353.
• Forel A. 1914. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50: 211-288.
• Forel A. 1915. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. IIe partie. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles. 50: 335-364.
• IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
• Koen J. H., and W. Breytenbach. 1988. Ant species richness of fynbos and forest ecosystems in the Southern Cape. South Afr. Tydskr. Dierk. 23(3): 184-188.
• Kotze D. J., and M. J. Samways. 2001. No general edge effects for invertebrates at Afromontane forest/grassland ecotones. Biodiversity and Conservation 10: 443–466.
• Magagula C. N., and B. A. Nzimba. 2015. Interaction between habitat characteristics and insect diversity using ground beetles (Colenoptera: Carabidae) and ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) within a variety of agriculatural habitats. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 13(3): 863-876.
• Santschi F. 1914. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar. 15: 1-44.
• Santschi F. 1937. Fourmis du Congo et régions limitrophes. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 30: 71-85.
• Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004