Leptogenys birmana 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 : 15-16

Leptogenys birmana Forel, 1900

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Leptogenys (Lobopelta) birmana Forel, 1900: 310 (worker). Type locality: Burma .

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

Park , Nagarjun forest, 27.7444 o N, 85.2946 E, h= 1400 m, bait collection, 1.V 2019, 2♀, leg .

I.P. Subedi & A. Pandey.

WORKER DIAGNOSIS. The characteristic features of worker: sub-quadrate head in full-face view, posterior head margin weakly concave, longitudinally striate head dorsum in anterior half (striation reaching level of posterior eye margin), shorter scape, fourth to sixth antennal segments almost as long as broad, clypeus convex and unarmed anteriorly, broad and triangular subpetiolar process, smooth and shiny first gastral segment, and reddish brown body. Our identification is based on keys in Bharti & Wachkoo (2013) and Xu & He (2015).

MEASUREMENTS AND INDICES (n=2). HL 1.19–1.25, HW 0.94–1, EL 0.14, SL

0.94, PrW 0.63, PeL 0.38, PeH 0.5, WL 1.69–1.81, CI 78.99–80, SI 94–100.

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

& He, 2015; Guenard et al., 2017; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020).

Figures

Figs 5–8. Workers of Leptogenys spp. 5, 6 – L. chinensis: 5 – head in full-face view; 6 –