Species Leptogenys chelifera (Santschi, 1928)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pseudoponera chelifer Santschi, F. 1928. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 56: 465-483 [30 Aug. 1928] [466].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BNHM W, Beyfield (=Byfield), QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Leptogenys chelifer (Santschi, 1928). —
  Taylor, R.W. & Brown, D.R. 1985. Hymenoptera: Formicoidea. pp. 1-149 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Formicoidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service vi + 381 pp. [32]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

History of changes