Leptogenys nitens

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Leptogenys nitens Donisthorpe, 1943 valid

Leptogenys (Lobopelta) nitens Donisthorpe, 1943a: 169 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Wilson, 1958c: 130 (in text)). Primary type locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“N Dutch New Guinea”), Waigeu I., Camp Nok, 2500 ft, v. 1938 (L.E. Cheesman). Primary type depository: MCZC (lectotype). Type notes: Donisthorpe, 1943a described this species from 10 worker syntypes, all originally deposited in BMNH.

Lectotype designation: Wilson, 1958c: 130.
Donisthorpe, 1943e: 444 (m.)
Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1943e: 444; Donisthorpe, 1948b: 303; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 37; Wilson, 1958c: 130; Bolton, 1995b: 232.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1943a. Descriptions of new ants, chiefly from Waigeu Island, N. Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:167-176. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1943e. The ants (Hym., Formicidae) of Waigeu Island, North Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:433-475. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1948b ("1947"). A second instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)14:297-317. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1958c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. I. The tribe Leptogenyini. II. The tribes Amblyoponini and Platythyreini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:101-153. PDF

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