Leptogenys dentilobis Forel, 1900

Subedi, I. P., Budha, P. B. & Yamane, Sk., 2022, Ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Ponerinae) from Nepal, Far Eastern Entomologist 448, pp. 11-20 : 16

Leptogenys dentilobis Forel, 1900

Figs 9, 10

Leptogenys (Lobopelta) dentilobis Forel 1900: 305 (worker). Type locality: India .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Nepal: Bagmati province: Kathmandu, Tribhuvan University

Campus, Kirtipur, 27.68011 o N, 85.28866 o E, h= 1300 m, Salix forest, pitfall trap, 9–11.V 2019,

1♀, leg. I.P. Subedi & S. Adhikari; Kathmandu, Ranibari community forest, 27.73082 o N,

85.32101 o E, h= 1300 m, pitfall trap, 13–15.X 2019, 1♀, leg. I.P. Subedi & R. P. Pokhrel .

DIAGNOSIS. The diagnostic features in the worker include quadrate head in full-face view, posterior head margin straight in full-face view, sparsely punctate head dorsum, clypeus anteriorly armed with teeth, median carina very strong, smooth and shiny first gastral segment.

Our identification is based on the keys in Bharti & Wachkoo (2013) and Xu & He (2015).

MEASUREMENTS AND INDICES (n=2). HL 1.19–1.31, HW 0.94, EL 0.13, SL

0.88–0.94, PrW 0.63, PeL 0.38–0.44, PeH 0.5, WL 1.69–1.81, CI 71.76–78.99, SI 93.62–

100.

DISTRIBUTION. Nepal (new record), India (Xu & He, 2015).

Figures

Figs 9–12. Workers of Leptogenys spp. 9, 10 – L. dentilobis: 9 – head in full-face view;