Species Leptomyrmex rufipes Emery, 1895

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leptomyrmex varians rufipes Emery, C. 1895. Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 39: 345-358 [352].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG *W, Laidely (=Laidley) and Brisbane, QLD.
• Leptomyrmex varians quadricolor 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 [104].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCZ *W, Lankelly Creek in the McIlthwaite (=McIlwraith) Range, Cape York Peninsula, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lucky, A. & Ward, P.S. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2688: 1-67 [50]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

History of changes