Leptomyrmex fragilis

Leptomyrmex fragilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Leptomyrmex
Species:
L. fragilis
Binomial name
Leptomyrmex fragilis
(Smith, F., 1859)
Synonyms
  • Leptomyrmex fragilis femorata Santschi, 1932
  • Leptomyrmex fragilis maculata Stitz, 1938
  • Leptomyrmex gracillimus Wheeler, W.M., 1934
  • Leptomyrmex wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1948

Leptomyrmex fragilis is a species of ant in the genus Leptomyrmex, commonly called ‘spider ants’. Described by Smith in 1859, the species is endemic to Indonesia and New Guinea and the Philippines.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lucky, Andrea; Ward, Philip S. (2010), "Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." (PDF), Zootaxa, 2688: 1–67, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2688.1.1
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