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Genus Leptogenys

crustacean eating ant - Leptogenys elongata

Leptogenys elongata (Buckley) - Leptogenys elongata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)

Family Formicidae (Ants)

Subfamily Ponerinae

Tribe Ponerini

Genus Leptogenys

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

The two north american species were formerly considered conspecific

Explanation of Names

Leptogenys Roger, 1861

Numbers

Two North American species

Size

~7mm

Range

Leptogenys elongata (Buckley, 1866) - Texas (mostly) / Mex.

Leptogenys manni Wheeler, W.M., 1923 - Florida

Print References

Trager & Johnson 1988: The ant genus Leptogenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ponerinae) in the United States

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 16 May, 2010 - 11:32am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Graham M
Last updated 27 November, 2020 - 3:06pm

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