Species Leptogenys excisa (Mayr, 1876)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lobopelta excisa Mayr, G.L. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 5: 56-115 [89].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW W, Rockhampton, QLD.
• Leptogenys (Lobopelta) excisa major Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [18].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) GMNH W, Tweed River, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Taylor, R.W. 1988. The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Caledonian ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger (= Prionogenys Emery, syn. n.). General and Applied Entomology 20: 33-37 [36]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, noctidiurnal, nomadic, open forest, predator, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

History of changes