The Ants of Africa
Genus Leptogenys
Leptogenys arnoldi Forel

Leptogenys arnoldi Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zimbabwe (Leptogenys (Lobopelta) Arnoldi, n. sp., Forel, 1913a: 110, worker & male; Arnold, 1915: 99, queen; Bolton, 1975a: 281, not illustrated); collected at Plumtree, by G. Arnold - see below .

{Leptogenys arnoldi}Forel's (1913a) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1915) gave a translation, plus a description of the queen; these are at {original description} and {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1975a) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 5.9-6.8 mm; first and second tergites of gaster unsculptured; antennal scapes relatively short, SI < 140; eye diameter 0.34 or more.

{Leptogenys arnoldi} The photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=SAM-ENT-0011530

{Leptogenys arnoldi}The photomontage of a worker from South Africa is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0317008. There it is wrongly listed under Leptogenys peringueyi.
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