Species Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus (Fabricius, 1775)

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• Formica erythrocephala Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [391].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH W, Australia (as New Holland).
• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus mandibularis 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, vicinity of Sydney, NSW.
• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus unctus 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, Condor Creek, near Canberra, ACT.
• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus clarki 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 [117].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ *W, Fletcher, QLD.
• Leptomyrmex froggatti Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [57].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W,M, NSW; ANIC W, 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 [30]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

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