Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2688, 2010, Pages 1-67

  Lucky, Andrea ^a,b   Ward, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Dolichoderinae; Illustrated keys; Molecular systematics; New Caledonia; New Guinea; Synonymy

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; DOLICHODERINAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOMYRMEX; LEPTOMYRMEX CONTRACTUS; LEPTOMYRMEX DARLINGTONI; LEPTOMYRMEX DARLINGTONI JUCUNDUS; LEPTOMYRMEX ERYTHROCEPHALUS; LEPTOMYRMEX ERYTHROCEPHALUS BASIRUFUS; LEPTOMYRMEX ERYTHROCEPHALUS BRUNNEICEPS; LEPTOMYRMEX ERYTHROCEPHALUS CLARKI; LEPTOMYRMEX ERYTHROCEPHALUS DECIPIENS; LEPTOMYRMEX ERYTHROCEPHALUS MANDIBULARIS; LEPTOMYRMEX ERYTHROCEPHALUS UNCTUS; LEPTOMYRMEX ERYTHROCEPHALUS VENUSTUS; LEPTOMYRMEX FRAGILIS; LEPTOMYRMEX FRAGILIS FEMORATUS; LEPTOMYRMEX FRAGILIS MACULATUS; LEPTOMYRMEX FROGGATTI; LEPTOMYRMEX LUGUBRIS; LEPTOMYRMEX NIGER; LEPTOMYRMEX NIGRIVENTRIS HACKERI; LEPTOMYRMEX VARIANS; LEPTOMYRMEX VARIANS ANGUSTICEPS; LEPTOMYRMEX WHEELERI; LEPTOMYRMEX WIBURDI; LEPTOMYRMEX WIBURDI PICTUS;

EID: 78649563198     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2688.1.1     Document Type: Article

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