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Leptomyrmex fragilis

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Species of ant

Leptomyrmex fragilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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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