Leptogenys kitteli (Mayr 1870)

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 : 16-17

Leptogenys kitteli (Mayr 1870)

Figs 11, 12

Lobopelta kitteli Mayr, 1870: 966 (worker). Type locality: Sikkim, India .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Nepal: Bagmati province: Shivapuri-Nagarjun National

Park , Nagarjun forest, 27.7444 o N, 85.29416 o E, h= 1400 m, pitfall collection, 1–3.V 2019 ,

2♀, leg. I.P. Subedi, A. Pandey & T. R. Adhikari leg.; Chitwan, Bhandara, 27.60620 o N ,

84.63145 o E, hand collection, 10.III 2013, 1♀, leg. I.P. Subedi; Gandaki province: Baglung ,

Kalika Bhagwati temple, 28.25548 o N, 83.61359 o E, hand collection, 7.III 2013, 1♀, leg. I.P.

Subedi; Kaski, Pokhara, 28.213611 o N, 83.97222 o E, h= 840 m, hand collection, 8.III 2013,

3♀, leg. I.P. Subedi.

WORKER DIAGNOSIS. The workers have the following set of character states: elongated head that is narrowed behind and entirely with longitudinal striation, eyes located near mid-

length of head, clypeus without longitudinal central carina; pronotum much broader than mesothorax and propodeum, propodeum broadened posteriorly, entire mesosoma with regular striation; petiole nodiform, not compressed longitudinally; gaster smooth and shining. Our identification is based on the worker description for Lobopelta kitteli in Mayr (1870) and keys (Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013; Xu & He, 2015; Arimoto & Yamane, 2018).

SL 1.69–1.75, PrW 0.94–1, PeL 0.63–0.69, PeH 0.94–1, WL 2.63–2.81, CI 78–79.56, SI

112.18–117.36.

DISTRIBUTION. Nepal (new record), India, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Thailand,

Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea (Xu & He, 2015).

10 – habitus, lateral view; 11, 12 – L. kittelli : 11 – head in full-face view; 12 – habitus, lateral view.

Figures

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