Protonym: Leptogenys mastax
Authorship Bolton, 1975a: 268, figs. 12, 27
Forms w.eq.
Bioregion Afrotropic
Locality GHANA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Eastern Region, Mt Atewa, 12.vi.1970, under rotten twig on path (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902605.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 11 paratype workers, 4 paratype ergatoid queens. Secondary type localities: 5 paratype workers Ghana: Mt Atewa, ant ecology samples 138E and 139C, 29.vii.1966 (D. Leston), Mt Atewa, ant ecology samples 161E and 164C, 5.viii.1966 (D. Leston), 6 paratype workers, 4 paratype ergatoid queens Ivory Coast: Banco Forest, Abidjan, 8.i.1963, no. A6 (W.L. Brown). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, NHMB.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptogenys mastax Species Valid Original combination