FORMICIDAE, PONERINAE
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FORMICIDAE, PONERINAE View in CoL ) FROM NEPAL
I. P. Subedi 1,*), P. B. Budha 1), Sk. Yamane 2)
1) Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan
University, Nepal. *Corresponding author, E-mail: ipsubedi@cdztu.edu.np
2) Haruyama-chô 1054-1, Kagoshima-shi, 899-2704, Japan. E-mail: mayiopa0@gmail.com
Summary. Six species of the genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 are reported from Nepal.
Leptogenys laeviceps (Smith, 1857) , stat. ressur. is raised to species status. Leptogenys birmana Forel, 1900 , L. chinensis (Mayr, 1870) , L. dentilobis Forel, 1900 , L. kitteli Mayr,
1870, and L. laeviceps (Smith, 1857) are recorded from Nepal for the first time. A key based upon the worker caste is provided for all Nepalese species. A map of the distribution of
Leptogenys species in Nepal is presented.
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