Species Leptomyrmex cnemidatus Wheeler, 1915

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus cnemidatus Wheeler, W.M. 1915. The Australian honey-ants of the genus Leptomyrmex Mayr. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 51: 253-286 [268].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ *W, NSW.
• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus venustus Wheeler, W.M. 1934. A second revision of the ants of the genus Leptomyrmex Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 77: 67-118 [87].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ *W,Q, Mt. Tomah, NSW.
• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus brunneiceps Wheeler, W.M. 1934. A second revision of the ants of the genus Leptomyrmex Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 77: 67-118 [88].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ *W, Mt. Wilson and Wentworth Falls, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lucky, A. & Ward, P.S. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2688: 1-67 [26]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

History of changes