Protonym: Leptogenys (Lobopelta) melzeri
Authorship Borgmeier, 1930: 27, pl. 4, figs. 15, 20, 22
Forms w.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Goiás)
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Goias, Campinas, 6.x.1928 (P.J.S. Schwarzmaier). Primary type depository: IBSP.
Type notes 1) Mônica Antunes Ulysséa says that the holotype is currently in MZSP (October 2024). 2) Lattke, 2011: 184, comments that abundant Schwarzmaier material from the type locality is present in MZSP.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptogenys melzeri Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Leptogenys gaigei Wheeler, 1923
Original combination