Leptomyrmex melanoticus

Leptomyrmex melanoticus is a species of ant in the genus Leptomyrmex. Described by William Morton Wheeler in 1934, the species is endemic to New Guinea.[1]

Leptomyrmex melanoticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Leptomyrmex
Species:
L. melanoticus
Binomial name
Leptomyrmex melanoticus
Wheeler, W.M., 1934
Synonyms
  • Leptomyrmex contractus Donisthorpe, 1947

References

  1. Lucky, Andrea; Ward, Philip S. (2010), "Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." (PDF), Zootaxa, 2688: 1–67


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