Leptogenys castanea (Mayr)

Type location South Africa (Lobopelta castanea n. sp., Mayr, 1862: 734, worker; Mayr, 1865, plate IV, worker; Bolton, 1975a: 285, not illustrated) Cape of Good Hope, Novara Expedition - see below
junior synonyms
bellua (Leptogenys (Lobopelta) parva For. v. belllua n. v., Forel, 1914d: 214, worker; Arnold, 1926: 213, queen) from South Africa - see below
dispar (Leptogenys (Lobopelta) parva For. var. dispar n. var., Santschi, 1914e: 10, worker) from South Africa - yellow-brown - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0915217
hewitti (Leptogenys hewitti, n. sp., Santschi, 1932a: 381, illustrated, worker) from South Africa, Grahamstown, 1920, J Hewitt - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0902580
parva (Leptogenys (Lobopelta) parva n. sp., Forel, 1901f: 330, worker & male) from South Africa, Natal, Haviland - see below
all synonymy by Bolton (1975a: 285) .

Mayr's (1862) description is at . Mayer (1865: 72) gave a full description, with illustrations, this is at . Forel's (1901f) description of parva is at . Santschi's (1914e) description of dispar is at .

Forel's (1914d) description of bellua is at . Arnold (1915, 1926) gave translations and (the latter) a new description; these are at and . Santschi's (1932a) illustrated description of hewitti is at . Bolton's modern description (1975a) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.5-4.1 mm; relatively short antennal scapes, HL < 0.90, SL < 0.75.

The photomontage of a cotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902579.

The photomontage of the parva type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907360.

The photomontage of the bellua type queen is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902581.

The photomontage of a male, found with workers, is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casentsam-hym-c006689a.