The Ants of Africa
Genus Leptogenys
Leptogenys schwabi Forel

Leptogenys schwabi Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zimbabwe (Leptogenys Schwabi n. sp., Forel, 1913j: 208, worker) Bulawayo, G Arnold
worker only described (Bolton, 1975a) .


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

WORKER - TL 8.4-9.8 mm; propodeum sculptured; head approximately rectangular; smaller and less stocky than stuhlmanni, with which it has been confused by earlier authors (Bolton, 1975a: 259, not illustrated).


{Leptogenys schwabi}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903971.

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