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A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India

Abstract. BACKGROUND: There are no well defined Leptogenys species groups based on the worker morphology from the Oriental region Arimoto (2017). Leptogenys chinensis forms a complex species group with closely related species having little morphological changes Wilson (1958), Sarnat and Economo (201...

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Autores principales: Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, Maqbool, Amir, Akbar, Shahid Ali, Sharaf, Mostafa Rezk
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6053473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30034264
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e25016
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author Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad
Maqbool, Amir
Akbar, Shahid Ali
Sharaf, Mostafa Rezk
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Akbar, Shahid Ali
Sharaf, Mostafa Rezk
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description Abstract. BACKGROUND: There are no well defined Leptogenys species groups based on the worker morphology from the Oriental region Arimoto (2017). Leptogenys chinensis forms a complex species group with closely related species having little morphological changes Wilson (1958), Sarnat and Economo (2012). From the Oriental region, there are currently 9 species belonging to the L. chinensis group. The group is diagnosed by having edentate masticatory margin of the mandible, smooth body surface, elongate antennae and metallic green cuticle. The species included are: L. assamensis; L. chinensis; L. confucii; L. kraepelini; L. laeviterga; L. pangui; L. peuqueti; L. stenocheilos and L. sunzii. NEW INFORMATION: Leptogenys bhartii sp. n., a new ponerine ant species from Western Himalayas, India, is described and illustrated based on the worker caste. The new species belongs to the Leptogenys chinensis group and mostly resembles Leptogenys chinensis (Mayr, 1870). In the L. chinensis group, the original description of L. stenocheilos is insufficient as it lacks information about type material. As there is no further detailing of this species in the available literature, it is difficult to ascertain its valid status Xu and He (2015) and is therefore, considered a species inquirenda herewith. A revised key to the known species of chinensis-group in the Oriental Region is provided.
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spelling pubmed-60534732018-07-20 A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad Maqbool, Amir Akbar, Shahid Ali Sharaf, Mostafa Rezk Biodivers Data J Single Taxon Treatment Abstract. BACKGROUND: There are no well defined Leptogenys species groups based on the worker morphology from the Oriental region Arimoto (2017). Leptogenys chinensis forms a complex species group with closely related species having little morphological changes Wilson (1958), Sarnat and Economo (2012). From the Oriental region, there are currently 9 species belonging to the L. chinensis group. The group is diagnosed by having edentate masticatory margin of the mandible, smooth body surface, elongate antennae and metallic green cuticle. The species included are: L. assamensis; L. chinensis; L. confucii; L. kraepelini; L. laeviterga; L. pangui; L. peuqueti; L. stenocheilos and L. sunzii. NEW INFORMATION: Leptogenys bhartii sp. n., a new ponerine ant species from Western Himalayas, India, is described and illustrated based on the worker caste. The new species belongs to the Leptogenys chinensis group and mostly resembles Leptogenys chinensis (Mayr, 1870). In the L. chinensis group, the original description of L. stenocheilos is insufficient as it lacks information about type material. As there is no further detailing of this species in the available literature, it is difficult to ascertain its valid status Xu and He (2015) and is therefore, considered a species inquirenda herewith. A revised key to the known species of chinensis-group in the Oriental Region is provided. Pensoft Publishers 2018-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6053473/ /pubmed/30034264 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e25016 Text en Aijaz Wachkoo, Amir Maqbool, Shahid Akbar, Mostafa Sharaf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Single Taxon Treatment
Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad
Maqbool, Amir
Akbar, Shahid Ali
Sharaf, Mostafa Rezk
A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India
title A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India
title_full A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India
title_fullStr A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India
title_full_unstemmed A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India
title_short A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India
title_sort new species of the ant genus leptogenys roger, 1861 (hymenoptera: formicidae) from india
topic Single Taxon Treatment
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6053473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30034264
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e25016
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