Leptogenys hewitti

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Leptogenys hewitti Santschi, 1932 junior synonym of current valid taxon Leptogenys castanea (Mayr, 1862)

Leptogenys hewitti Santschi, 1932b: 381, fig. 1 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Prov., Grahamstown, 1920 (J. Hewitt). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902580.

Junior synonym of Leptogenys castanea: Bolton, 1975a: 285; Bolton, 1995b: 231.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1975a. 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. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Santschi, F. 1932b. Formicides sud-africains. Pp. 381-392 in: Jeannel, R. (ed.) 1932. Société Entomologique de France. Livre du centenaire. Paris: Société Entomologique de France, xii + 729 pp. PDF

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