Ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ponerinae) from Nepal
Author
Subedi, I. P.
Author
Budha, P. B.
Author
Yamane, Sk.
text
Far Eastern Entomologist
2022
2022-02-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.448.2
journal article
10.25221/fee.448.2
2713-2196
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Leptogenys birmana
Forel, 1900
Figs 7, 8
Leptogenys
(
Lobopelta
)
birmana
Forel, 1900: 310
(worker).
Type
locality:
Burma
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.
Nepal
:
Bagmati province
: Shivapuri-Nagarjun National
Park
,
Nagarjun forest
,
27.7444
o
N
,
85.2946 E
, h=
1400 m
, bait collection,
1.V 2019
,
2♀
, leg
.
I.P. Subedi & A. Pandey.
WORKER DIAGNOSIS. The characteristic features of worker: sub-quadrate head in full-face view, posterior head margin weakly concave, longitudinally striate head dorsum in anterior half (striation reaching level of posterior eye margin), shorter scape, fourth to sixth antennal segments almost as long as broad, clypeus convex and unarmed anteriorly, broad and triangular subpetiolar process, smooth and shiny first gastral segment, and reddish brown body. Our identification is based on keys in Bharti & Wachkoo (2013) and Xu & He (2015).
MEASUREMENTS AND INDICES (n=2). HL 1.19–1.25, HW 0.94–1, EL 0.14, SL
0.94, PrW 0.63, PeL 0.38, PeH 0.5, WL 1.69–1.81, CI 78.99–80, SI 94–100.
DISTRIBUTION.
Nepal
(new record),
India
,
China
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
(Xu
& He, 2015; Guenard
et al.
, 2017; Khachonpisitsak
et al
., 2020).