Synonymy of Leonomyrma Arnoldi 1968 With Chalepoxenus Menozzi 1922 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). (1987)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Buschinger, Alfred
• Is Part Of: Psyche. Volume 1987(1987)
• Page Start: 117
• Page End: 126
• Publication Date: 1987
• Subjects: Entomology -- Periodicals; Insects -- Periodicals; 595.705
• DOI: 10.1155/1987/62685
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0033-2615

Abstract

Abstract : Arnoldi (1968) erected the genus Leonomyrma for a single new species, L. spinosa, which he had collected in July, 1949, near Peremetriaja, East-Kasachstan (USSR), at the lower course of Ural River. Up until present, only the type series of 4 ♀♀ and 14 ♂♂ have been known; no ☿☿ were found. In the course of a study in morphology and behavior of several species of the ant genus Chalepoxenus, I came across the description of Leonomyrma . A direct comparison of its holotype (♀) and an allotype (♂) with material of two Chalepoxenus species, C. muellerianus (Finzi) (= C. gribodoi Menozzi) and C. kutteri Cagniant, clearly revealed the synonymy of the two genera.