The Ants of Africa
Genus Leptogenys
Leptogenys ferrarii Forel

Leptogenys ferrarii Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zimbabwe (Leptogenys Ferrarii n. sp., Forel, 1913j: 209, worker) collected at Bulawayo by G. Arnold, 25.ii.1913 - see below
junior synonym dentatula (Leptogenys Ferrarii For. stirps dentatula n. st., Santschi, 1915c: 246) from Zaïre, Katanga, Kataki, collected by Gérard - see www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0915227
worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .


Forel's (1913j) description is at {original description}. Santschi's (1915c) description of dentatula is at {original description}. Arnold's (1915) translation is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1975a) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 4.1-4.3 mm, HL 0.84-0.86, HW 0.64-0.66, SL 0.80-0.82, PW 0.54-0.60
Mandibles elongate, not closing against clypeus. Petiole in profile narrow and high. Gaster with only minute hair pits. Colour dark brown, appendages lighter (Bolton, 1975a: 267, not illustrated).


{Leptogenys ferrarii}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907341.


{Leptogenys ferrarii}The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0408709
Collection details -
Central African Republic: Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré; Réserve Spéciale de Forêt Dense de Dzanga-Sangha, 12.7 km 326° NW Bayanga; 03°00'18"N 016°11'36"E, 420m. Collection Information: Collection codes: BLF4100. Date: 10-17 May 2001. Collected by: B.L.Fisher. Method: EC19 sifted litter. Habitat: rainforest. Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m, Transect Sample No.: 41.
The specimen seems larger than given by Bolton, but the colour and no more than minute hair pits on the basal gaster separate it from elegans.


Oxford University Museum specimens

Leptogenys ferrarii
B Taylor det.
Male

Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon

9-25.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
Pointe Wingombe; malaise trap under trees
1
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Leptogenys ferrarii
B Taylor det.
Male
Gabon
Y Braet
Gabon 238
9-27.vi.2006
Pongara
00°34' N
09°19' E
Pointe Wingombe; malaise trap under trees at edge of forest
1
{album}

{Leptogenys ferrarii male}The photomontage is of a male from Gabon; Pongara National Park, Pointe Wingombe, 0°19'336"N 9°19'102"E, 9-25.vi.2006, from malaise trap under trees, collector Yves Braet.
Although the male is unreported and undescribed, this is very similar to the worker and, so, I have placed this specimen here.

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