Leptomyrmex aitchisoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Dolichoderinae
Tribus: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Leptomyrmex
Species: Leptomyrmex aitchisoni

Name

• Leptomyrmex aitchisoni Smith & Shattuck, 2009
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] worker
    • Repository: AMSA K.167550
  • Type locality: 'Doubleduke State Forest, MacFaydens Rd., 1.2km East of junction with Range Rd., 29°13’18”S 153°13’23”E, New South Wales'
  • Secondary types: paratypes (4)
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] workers
    • Repository: AMSA K.167551, K.167552, K.167553, K.167554
  • NOTE: 'Additional material examined' herein interpreted as having been excluded from type series

References

• Lucky, A.; Ward, P.S. 2010: Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 2688: 1–67. Preview PDF
• Smith, D.J.; Shattuck, S. 2009: Six new, unusually small ants of the genus Leptomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 2142: 57–68. Abstract & excerpt PDF