Leptogenys melzeri
Borgmeier, 1930
junior synonym of current valid taxon Leptogenys gaigei Wheeler, 1923
Leptogenys (Lobopelta) melzeri
Borgmeier, 1930:
27, pl. 4, figs. 15, 20, 22 (w.)
BRAZIL (Goiás).
Neotropic.
Primary type information:
Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Brazil: Goias, Campinas, 6.x.1928 (P.J.S. Schwarzmaier). Type-depository: IBSP[MZSP].
Type notes:
Lattke, 2011: 184, comments that abundant Schwarzmaier material from the type-locality is present in MZSP.
- Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 132; Bolton, 1995b: 232.
- Junior synonym of Leptogenys gaigei: Lattke, 2011: 183
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Borgmeier, T. 1930. Duas rainhas de Eciton e algumas outras formigas brasileiras. Archivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 3:21-40. PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Lattke, J. E. 2011. Revision of the New World species of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 69:127-264. PDF
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unavailable/nomen nudum
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