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<taxonomicName id="8883CE1DEE353677DB3F2D9B1FDC3FE3" authority="Zhou et al., 2012" authorityName="Zhou" authorityYear="2012" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laeviterga">
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<bibRefCitation id="DF13977BB8D5CD6988D3A3275F5892E6" author="Zhou S & Chen Y & Chen Z & Zhou P & Ban D & Huang M" journalOrPublisher="Sociobiology" pagination="885-892" refId="B47" refString="Zhou S, Chen Y, Chen Z, Zhou P, Ban D, Huang M (2012) Two new species of the genus Leptogenys from Guangxi, China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 59: 885 - 892." title="Two new species of the genus Leptogenys from Guangxi, China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." volume="59" year="2012">Zhou et al., 2012</bibRefCitation>
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<figureCitation id="CEC18C23CDF85DA32F362225B287A803" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Clypeus differences between Leptogenys laeviterga and L. kitteli A L. laeviterga (ANTWEB 1010142) B L. kitteli (RHL 02795)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.120214.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1051501">Figs 7 A</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="6B0B40B6B2772555ECC65C83F112E886" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Leptogenys laeviterga (ANTWEB 1010142) A lateral view B dorsal view C head face view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.120214.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1051510">16</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="D474C8873060DBDCE939D7EE1B495344" captionStart="Figure 21" captionStartId="F21" captionText="Figure 21. Further distribution maps of Leptogenys species recorded from Hong Kong A L. kraepelini B L. laeviterga C L. peuqueti D L. rufida E L. strena. The base map displayed shows tree canopy cover with the darker green areas indicating greater tree cover." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1202.120214.figure21" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1051515">21 B new record</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="D3BCF092C30299CF1D91F7388EB4F923" authority="Zhou et al., 2012: 888" authorityName="Zhou" authorityPageNumber="888" authorityYear="2012" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laeviterga">
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<emphasis id="BBBF9069E90570908E98A3FA65741442" italics="true">Leptogenys laeviterga</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="1A35761B0CD30ED3D551B663DEEFB39A" author="Zhou S & Chen Y & Chen Z & Zhou P & Ban D & Huang M" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Zhou" journalOrPublisher="Sociobiology" page="888" pagination="885-892" refId="B47" refString="Zhou S, Chen Y, Chen Z, Zhou P, Ban D, Huang M (2012) Two new species of the genus Leptogenys from Guangxi, China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 59: 885 – 892." title="Two new species of the genus Leptogenys from Guangxi, China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." volume="59" year="2012">Zhou et al., 2012: 888</bibRefCitation>
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, figs 1–3 (w.)
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(
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<heading id="ADD0479F581A5EB66751D321511002FE" reason="title">Measurements.</heading>
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Worker (
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= 1):
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1.58;
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1.22;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5RCI" xlink_title="Anterior head length: length of head from mandibular base to anteriormost point of eye, measured in full face view">HLA</abbrev>
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0.31;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECSCI" xlink_title="Head width: maximum width of head, excluding eyes, measured in full face view">HW</abbrev>
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1.07;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGSCI" xlink_title="Clypeal median lobe length: length of the clypeal lobe from anteriormost margin to the anterior margin of the torulus, measured in full face view">CML</abbrev>
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0.4;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKSCI" xlink_title="Scape length: diagonal length of scape excluding the neck and basal condyle">SL</abbrev>
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1.99;
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0.28;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESSCI" xlink_title="Antennal flagellomere I length: maximum length first flagellar segment, measured in dorsal view">AFI</abbrev>
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0.43;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWSCI" xlink_title="Antennal flagellomere II length: maximum length of second flagellar segment, measured in dorsal view">AFII</abbrev>
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0.34;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1SCI" xlink_title="Eye length: the maximum diameter of the compound eye in lateral view">EL</abbrev>
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0.28;
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0.92;
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1.03;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGTCI" xlink_title="Pronotal height: height of pronotum from the posterior base of the pronotum to the highest point of pronotum dorsum, measured in lateral view">PrH</abbrev>
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0.65;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKTCI" xlink_title="Pronotal width: maximum width of pronotum, measured in dorsal view">PrW</abbrev>
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0.93;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOTCI" xlink_title="Weber’s length: diagonal length of mesosoma from anteriormost point of pronotum (excluding neck) to posteriormost point of propodeal lobe, measured in lateral view">WL</abbrev>
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2.78;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESTCI" xlink_title="Petiole length: length of petiole from the anteriormost point of the petiole (including petiole peduncle) to the posteriormost point, measured in lateral view">PeL</abbrev>
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0.76;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWTCI" xlink_title="Petiole height: height of petiole from the most ventral margin of the subpetiolar process to the highest point of petiolar dorsal margin, measured in lateral view">PeH</abbrev>
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0.84;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1TCI" xlink_title="Petiole width: maximum width of petiole in dorsal view">PeW</abbrev>
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0.59; DPL 0.62;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5TCI" xlink_title="Cephalic index: HW / HL × 10">CI</abbrev>
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67.76;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECUCI" xlink_title="Clypeus index: CML / HL × 10">CLI</abbrev>
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25.35;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGUCI" xlink_title="Scape index: SL / HW × 10">SI</abbrev>
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185.26;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKUCI" xlink_title="Ocular index: EL / HLL × 10">OI</abbrev>
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22.89;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOUCI" xlink_title="Lateral petiole index: PeH / PeL × 10">LPI</abbrev>
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110.58;
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESUCI" xlink_title="Dorsal petiole index: PeW / DpeL × 10">
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<collectionCode id="6B42F805DE49BF47FA66F2DC3350C303">DPI</collectionCode>
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94.2.
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<paragraph id="BC4BE4ABB1A683525CE658037E4173C8">
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<heading id="A01B4D808F39FF673D8ECE424908F282" reason="title">Morphological variation.</heading>
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<paragraph id="89D9DD4D52524E1F1BD6E28CE9F74823">Owing to the poor quality and quantity of specimens collected, little is known about the morphological variability of this species.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B5936EF2FF7EC11FD1A6788AD5C158EB">
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<heading id="871F9CB61DBF52D1DB45D356675DD9C2" reason="title">Comparative notes.</heading>
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<emphasis id="6B8D57B3FD78668BDD3AFC6F3ADF322A" italics="true">Leptogenys laeviterga</emphasis>
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is superficially similar to
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<emphasis id="970190795277126617B81D1B706912B2" italics="true">L. diminuta</emphasis>
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owing to similarly shaped triangular mandibles, broad petiole shape, as well as overall body size. However,
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<emphasis id="209AF4EA1B244FC7272D6AB8A13BB37B" italics="true">L. laeviterga</emphasis>
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is readily differentiated by the distinct and conspicuous median clypeal carina; lack of costulate sculpture on the head, lack of teeth on the mandibular masticatory margin, and longer scapes (
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECWCI" xlink_title="Scape length: diagonal length of scape excluding the neck and basal condyle">SL</abbrev>
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1.90 – 1.99). Within the wider Indomalayan
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<taxonomicName id="44CA66C2BB65138E0BE7693CEE6282AF" authorityName="Roger" authorityYear="1861" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="CED10D41DCF2EAAD2B7FB1AEAD9701FB" italics="true">Leptogenys</emphasis>
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fauna,
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<taxonomicName id="D3865F53467362A96BCC523E6BEE133F" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laeviterga">
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<emphasis id="A17294E0C1563932F0577F0DD36CFA9B" italics="true">L. laeviterga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is morphologically similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="207F67188B36B5F5A85560580FC8064D" authority="Xu & He, 2015" authorityName="Xu & He" authorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sunzii">
|
||
<emphasis id="CF63A99743C7F917C5F369C96F5D0DC8" italics="true">L. sunzii</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FC529BDAC3D50AEE4B20436454D74A1A" author="Xu Z-H & He Q-J" journalOrPublisher="Myrmecological News" pagination="137-161" refId="B44" refString="Xu Z-H, He Q-J (2015) Taxonomic review of the ponerine ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a key to the Oriental species. Myrmecological News 21: 137 - 161." title="Taxonomic review of the ponerine ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a key to the Oriental species." volume="21" year="2015">Xu & He, 2015</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but can be differentiated by the truncated clypeal apex in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F506D3BEA66F3235126C46BB8FAD67C8" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laeviterga">
|
||
<emphasis id="9BF542E316EB464BF7296A8596CE4301" italics="true">L. laeviterga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(pointed and convex in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="81F4FC332852349AB265E1C161A7857D" authorityName="Xu & He" authorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sunzii">
|
||
<emphasis id="76DFCBEB9EF40DB1D5A93010DCB2D595" italics="true">L. sunzii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), the smaller eyes (larger in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="79316240EEDD1237397E25B6EF99F341" authorityName="Xu & He" authorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sunzii">
|
||
<emphasis id="8237FC0C301186E3FE6E6911CA0F85EE" italics="true">L. sunzii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), and the higher than long petiole in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="194BA7D5E5A31DD47ABDBFFC65C285B5" authorityName="Xu & He" authorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sunzii">
|
||
<emphasis id="679D5755B4FF947DC58B196A64ECCA8E" italics="true">L. sunzii</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
whereas the petiole as long as high in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A6A46DCEB8476669832546EEFFFDB7D7" authority="(Xu and He 2015)" baseAuthorityName="Xu and He" baseAuthorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laeviterga">
|
||
<emphasis id="164C01088CE629B6DE35FC5F13FB8BA4" italics="true">L. laeviterga</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="74182637065E467143CED9785263B5A2" author="Xu and He" firstAuthor="Xu" journalOrPublisher="Myrmecological News" pagination="137-161" refId="B44" refString="Xu Z-H, He Q-J (2015) Taxonomic review of the ponerine ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a key to the Oriental species. Myrmecological News 21: 137 – 161." title="Taxonomic review of the ponerine ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a key to the Oriental species." volume="21" year="2015">Xu and He 2015</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="31CA49D1C63FAF9779809866E25AD260" ID-DOI="10.3897/zookeys.1202.120214.figure16" ID-arpha="A68C408E-4857-5C2E-8C68-8BA9F009C3FE" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1051510" startId="F16">
|
||
<paragraph id="B30276F14C523109591DC00EFB45DC64">
|
||
<label id="875B52DC5D5A08208E07B3779AE4E35A">Figure 16.</label>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="5D6322507F9DB38DDD9BD85A2017D3EA">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="83A2FF73E034D2904447643D55E3378F" baseAuthorityName="Xu and He" baseAuthorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laeviterga">
|
||
<emphasis id="532F9C654C7AFC8AAAEE87616F7B572A" italics="true">Leptogenys laeviterga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(ANTWEB 1010142)
|
||
<emphasis id="AF9FDAB68AC00DAF9C04C7D09031BAF3" bold="true">A</emphasis>
|
||
lateral view
|
||
<emphasis id="8279CC1A5BAB579B268342DC7D9D64C8" bold="true">B</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis id="430F2448E5397052528301AC4CBB240D" bold="true">C</emphasis>
|
||
head face view.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0E3ZCI" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="628C2EE35F208596A16D5E05529FA6AB">
|
||
<heading id="DEFB9F00E4197615E0DFA6FE81EE892E" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="ACDF660242A21B24F02A8E519ADB96EE">
|
||
Previously,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2F7644E37D416410945F95406F6CDF71" baseAuthorityName="Xu and He" baseAuthorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laeviterga">
|
||
<emphasis id="808E8DA0EA2AF07A34A13FDC232C4104" italics="true">L. laeviterga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was only known from its
|
||
<typeStatus id="3348D256FFA876EBAC85BFEEB218CB9D">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality in Darning Mountain National Nature Reserve, Guangxi (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B37009BCE7E5AA649E2F19380768D0C8" author="Zhou" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Zhou" journalOrPublisher="Sociobiology" pagination="885-892" refId="B47" refString="Zhou S, Chen Y, Chen Z, Zhou P, Ban D, Huang M (2012) Two new species of the genus Leptogenys from Guangxi, China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 59: 885 – 892." title="Two new species of the genus Leptogenys from Guangxi, China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." volume="59" year="2012">Zhou et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Here we provide the first record of the species from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="5F66F5B8E6A4C77C4F4ACACEC9F94EFE" name="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
, representing the eastern most record for this species thus far. The species should therefore be expected from
|
||
<collectingRegion id="A0384C74754A033C033CA44F68AF9528" country="China" name="Guangdong">Guangdong</collectingRegion>
|
||
and other neighbouring provinces in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="B74CCBF600B8BB7C2E6CE3507E99E830" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0ER1CI" type="ecology">
|
||
<paragraph id="0B7C7BCB3A2F146B102D46E81719520A">
|
||
<heading id="A59B3D7FC12100DB9B53F1F40C24BCCF" reason="title">Ecology.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="83DB167447B0C4AA9AC5D11DF5EC2643">
|
||
Very little is known of the ecology of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FF41D4573EB0F6B30AAEF636158541B6" baseAuthorityName="Xu and He" baseAuthorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laeviterga">
|
||
<emphasis id="44EE9329CDE48407EF23B64FA5254822" italics="true">L. laeviterga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Specimens (but not the whole colony) from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="5423BA52B5D34DF078CF2145C8B8ECE4" name="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
were obtained from within a decaying log from an old growth secondary forest on the southern slopes of Tai Mo Shan (
|
||
<quantity id="A56F0BC202571924D141B166B2ED316C" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.71" unit="m" value="471.0">471 m</quantity>
|
||
a. s. l.),
|
||
<collectingCountry id="97AE88464F5E67F539079D7C7C7AEA18" name="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Male specimens were obtained on the day of collection. Considering the sampling effort undertaken in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="B8C862F1B307ABAA2F1440F02F4DCBA5" name="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
, it is surprising that more
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5B1FB928ACB9B4B6D9A2FE6B82739563" baseAuthorityName="Xu and He" baseAuthorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Leptogenys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laeviterga">
|
||
<emphasis id="3890A707CB0C99EB7CCD72181A08C7BF" italics="true">L. laeviterga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have not been collected, indicating the potential rarity of this species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="SECID0EN2CI" type="material">
|
||
<paragraph id="23FE18BDE5D3CB73AA63195A1E0BA33B">
|
||
<heading id="72E19EF69A21EBECABC488396B74AFE8" reason="title">Material examined.</heading>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="06C0B8D9F59D78627666AA423576B9FB">
|
||
Workers (
|
||
<emphasis id="5009E34D9A57166B1B2541929AFA6F22" italics="true">n</emphasis>
|
||
= 3):
|
||
<collectingCountry id="527C2FFF74483B496BC3615F4886D573" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
|
||
•
|
||
<materialsCitation id="0141AE0E151708E4EC1352AAFBA7B2D1" collectingDate="2023-08-26" collectionCode="IBBL" collectorName="M. T. Hamer" country="Hong Kong" elevation="471" latitude="22.40403" location="Tai Mo Shan" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="114.10691" municipality="Secondary forest" specimenCode="ANTWEB 1010142, ANTWEB 1010155, ANTWEB 1010156" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-worker="3">
|
||
<specimenCount id="C3C03CCB469A2281EF31783772D142D9" count="3" type="worker">3 workers</specimenCount>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectingCountry id="E994763FE85D7C9035DDDEC1B2B5FBA2" name="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</collectingCountry>
|
||
SAR,
|
||
<location id="9050B816D60C58920F33043C08F919C8" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:1E3647BDF8215880A91C3D16B3BE9B51:9050B816D60C58920F33043C08F919C8" country="Hong Kong" latitude="22.40403" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="114.10691" municipality="Secondary forest" name="Tai Mo Shan">Tai Mo Shan</location>
|
||
;
|
||
<named-content content-type="dwc:verbatimCoordinates" id="NCID0EY2CI" specific-use="{"type":"Point","coordinates":[114.106910,22.404030]}">
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="6A27B646BC555A3B82E58BF0B05B66DB" degrees="22.40403" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="22.40403">22.40403</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="35292E74864C90B135691214BF789045" degrees="114.10691" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="114.10691">114.10691</geoCoordinate>
|
||
</named-content>
|
||
;
|
||
<elevation id="517A443B57BC225E12568AC456638F0B" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.71" unit="m" value="471.0">
|
||
<quantity id="A6A16D33B60FE9043A2E21846A175F3F" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.71" unit="m" value="471.0">471 m</quantity>
|
||
a. s. l.
|
||
</elevation>
|
||
;
|
||
<date id="78B5CC67F5F6ABD3848D6C0B4B8398A0" value="2023-08-26">
|
||
<collectingDate id="3A246553105091E15CEF0AD753396148" value="2023-08-26">26 Aug. 2023</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
;
|
||
<collectorName id="3E865C63C84D9A0623480DCA378F8A9F">M. T. Hamer</collectorName>
|
||
leg.;
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="56C4ACE7BFC9CED1F20E0D632F94788C">Secondary forest</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
, ex. decay log;
|
||
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E42CI" xlink_title="Insect Biodiversity and Biogeography Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong">
|
||
<collectionCode id="8CCDC2B38979ABB4A868E004A2D5997A">IBBL</collectionCode>
|
||
</abbrev>
|
||
<specimenCode id="45FFB5A50442685089A44BFD44F131C8" collectionCode="IBBL">ANTWEB 1010142</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7EE5E8E57D0E91D93412B4C010E93A29" collectionCode="IBBL">ANTWEB 1010155</specimenCode>
|
||
,
|
||
<specimenCode id="7EF50A426F5DC76769046F4F59C5CE43" collectionCode="IBBL">ANTWEB 1010156</specimenCode>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |