Leptogenys laeviceps

Leptogenys laeviceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Leptogenys
Species:	L. laeviceps
Binomial name
	Leptogenys laeviceps; (Smith, F., 1857)

Photo Gallery

Leptogenys laeviceps workers retrieving a cockroach to a temporary nest. Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Photo by Yathumon M A.
Leptogenys laeviceps workers retrieving an isopod to a temporary nest. Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Photo by Yathumon M A.
Leptogenys laeviceps workers carrying pupae as part of a colony relocation. Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Photo by Yathumon M A.
Leptogenys laeviceps worker carrying a male as part of a colony relocation. Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Photo by Yathumon M A.
A foraging column of Leptogenys laeviceps workers. Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Photo by Abdus Shakur.
File:Leptogenys laeviceps nest relocation timelapse Abdus Shakur.mp4

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.6131° to -0.93333°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Borneo (type locality), Indonesia, Malaysia.
Oriental Region: India, Sri Lanka.

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.

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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

laeviceps. Ponera laeviceps Smith, F. 1857a: 69 (w.) BORNEO.
- Forel, 1900d: 312 (m.); Imai, Baroni Urbani, et al. 1984: 5 (k.).
- Combination in Lobopelta: Mayr, 1862: 734.
- Combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1895k: 461.
- [Name misspelled as leviceps by Dalla Torre, 1893: 44.]
- As subspecies of diminuta: Emery, 1887b: 433; Bingham, 1903: 62; Forel, 1912n: 52.
- Status as species: Subedi et al., 2022: 14.

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

Ponera laeviceps

Two worker syntypes in The Natural History Museum. Labelled “SAR. 40,” and with a Farren White label.

Description

References

Bharti, H., Sharma, Y.P., Kaur, A. 2009. Seasonal patterns of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Punjab Shivalik. Halteres 1: 36-47.
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 62, Variety/subspecies of diminuta)
Emery, C. 1887f. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 25[=(2)(5): 433-448 (page 433, Variety/subspecies of diminuta)
Emery, C. 1895m. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXIII. Formiche di Birmania del Tenasserim e dei Monti Carin raccolte da L. Fea. Parte II. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 34[=(2(14): 450-483 (page 461, Combination in Leptogenys)
Forel, A. 1900f. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VII. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 13: 303-332 (page 312, male described)
Forel, A. 1912o. Einige neue und interessante Ameisenformen aus Sumatra etc. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 15("Erster Ba Band: 51-78 (page 52, Variety/subspecies of diminuta)
Imai, H. T.; Baroni Urbani, C.; Kubota, M.; Sharma, G. P.; Narasimhanna, M. H.; Das, B. C.; 1984. Karyological survey of Indian ants. Jpn. J. Genet. 59: 1-32 (page 5, karyotype described)
Mayr, G. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 12: 649-776 (page 734, Combination in Lobopelta)
Smith, F. 1857a. Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo; Mount Ophir, Malacca; and at Singapore, by A. R. Wallace. [part]. J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 2: 42-88 (page 69, worker described)
Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L., Yamane, S. 2023. Ponerine ants of Nepal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ponerinae): a generic synopsis, new faunal records, and rediscovery of a rare ant, Emeryopone franzi (Baroni Urbani 1975). (doi:10.20362/am.016003).
Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Yamane, S. 2022. Ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ponerinae) from Nepal. Far Eastern Entomologist 448: 11-20 (doi:10.25221/fee.448.2).