Leptogenys testacea

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

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Leptogenys testacea (Donisthorpe, 1948) valid

Microbolbos testaceus Donisthorpe, 1948f: 170 (w.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana (“Gold Coast”): Eastern Region, New Tafo, vii.1945, no. F.463, soil at root of cacao tree (Strickland). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902575. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.

Combination in Leptogenys: Wilson, 1955d: 136.
Status as species: Wilson, 1955d: 136; Bolton, 1975a: 280 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 234.

Obsolete combinations

Microbolbos testaceus

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.
Donisthorpe, H. 1948f. Microbolbos testaceus, a new genus and species of ponerine ant. Entomologist 81:170-171. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1955d. The status of the ant genus Microbolbos Donisthorpe. Psyche (Cambridge) 62:136. PDF

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