Protonym: Leptomyrmex lugubris
Authorship Wheeler, 1934c: 110, fig. 14c,d
Forms w.
Bioregion Australasia
Locality NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea)
Primary type information Primary type material: 6 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea: junction of Bulolo and Watut Creeks, Biolowat, 2000-3000 ft (H. Stevens). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MVMA.
Type notes Shattuck, 1994: 118, cites 6 worker syntypes (5 MCZC, 1 MVMA).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptomyrmex lugubris Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Leptomyrmex niger Emery, 1900
Original combination