The Ants of Africa
Genus Leptogenys
Leptogenys havilandi Forel

Leptogenys havilandi Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Leptogenys (Lobopelta) Havilandi n. sp., Forel, 1901f: 332, worker); worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1901f) description is at {original description}. Arnold (1915: 96) gave a translation; this is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1975a) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 6.7-7.2 mm; first and second tergites of gaster unsculptured; SI > 140; clypeus with distinct fringing lamella; eye no more than 0.34 (Bolton, 1975a: 282, not illustrated, worker).

{Leptogenys havilandi}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907354.

{Leptogenys havilandi}The photomontage of a worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=sam-hym-c000891a
Locality South Africa: Natal: Ndumu Game Reserve, nr Mvutsheni Pan; 26°52'00"S 032°16'00"E 30 m; Collection codes: SAM-HYM-C000891; Date: 27 Jan 1988; Collected by: H.G.Robertson; Habitat: savanna

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