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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Ponerinae » Ponerini » Leptogenys » Leptogenys elongata
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Leptogenys elongata - male
Copyright © 2019 metrioptera

Leptogenys elongata - Male
College Station, Lick Creek Park, Brazos County, Texas, USA
June 6, 2019
Came to light sheet in post oak savannah.
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Contributed by metrioptera on 9 June, 2019 - 7:01pm
Last updated 24 June, 2019 - 9:18am

Moved
Moved from Ponerinae.
… Steven Wang, 23 June, 2019 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
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Moved
Moved from Mummy-wasps.
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Unsure...
I'll be the first to admit that I never learned to tell male ponerines from other hyms in dorsal view, but this bears striking resemblance to the male of Leptogenys elongata, which is quite common in the area. See here for comparison:
… Steven Wang, 10 June, 2019 - 4:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… metrioptera, 9 June, 2019 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

Aleiodes…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 9 June, 2019 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

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