Leptogenys pavesii Emery

Type location Somalia (Leptogenys Pavesii n. sp., Emery, 1892a: 111, worker; synonymy by Bolton, 1975a: 255) Obbia - see below
subspecies sericeus (Leptogenys (L.) maxillosa (F Smith) sericeus ssp. nov. Weber, 1942a: 46, worker) from South Sudan, Mt Imatong - see below
worker only described (Bolton, 1975a) .

Emery's (1892a) description is at . Weber's (1942a) brief description of sericeus is at . Bolton's modern description (1975a) is at .

WORKER - medium sized, TL 6.8-7.6 mm; elongate linear curved mandibles which do not close against the clypeus; sculpture all over of dense shagreening; and dense, greyish pruinose pubescence (Bolton, 1975a: 255, illustrated, anterior head and left mandible).

Regraded as a tramp species, known from Cameroun, collector G. Terron, no location (Bolton, 1975a).

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

The photomontage is of a cotype of Leptogenys pavesii sericeus from South Sudan. The original photographs, together with enlarged images, are from the MCZ, Harvard University, website at - MCZ link.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Leptogenys pavesii B Taylor det.

Senegal Tambacounda B Ndiaye

8.viii.2009 Bransan 13°16'0" N 12°6'0" W

Bransan 8-VIII-09 St 9 Sous une pierre Soudanian savannah, hand collection, under a stone

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The photomontage is of a worker from Senegal, Bransan; collector B Ndiaye. An exact match for the type worker (above).

The photomontage is of a worker from Somalia, collected from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=sam-hym-c002509..