The Ants of Africa
Genus Leptogenys
Leptogenys peringueyi Forel

Leptogenys peringueyi Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Leptogenys (Lobopelta) Havilandi For. r. Peringueyi n. stirps, Forel, 1913j: 210, worker; raised to species Arnold, 1915: 96) Table Mountain, Cape, Dr L Peringueyi
worker only described (Bolton, 1975a) .

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

WORKER - TL 6.7 mm; first and second tergites of gaster smooth; pronotum dorsum sculptured with punctures separated by smooth shiny spaces (Bolton, 1975a: 282, not illustrated).

{Leptogenys peringueyi}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0907355.

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