Protonym: Leptogenys (Lobopelta) diminuta r. deceptrix
Authorship Forel, 1901m: 46
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality INDIA
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: India: Coonoor (Daly), India: Coonoor (R.C. Wroughton), India: Darjeeling (R.C. Wroughton), India: Thana (R.C. Wroughton), India: Nilgiris (R.C. Wroughton), India: Orissa (Taylor), India: Assam (Smythies). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB (perhaps also BMNH).
Type notes 1) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 141, cites 3 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) This taxon is based on specimens of Leptogenys diminuta Smith, 1857a, sensu Forel, 1900f: 312, misidentification.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptogenys diminuta deceptrix Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Leptogenys diminuta (Smith, 1857)
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