Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus

Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Leptomyrmex
Species:
L. erythrocephalus
Binomial name
Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus clarki Wheeler, W.M., 1934
  • Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus mandibularis Wheeler, W.M., 1915
  • Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus unctus Wheeler, W.M., 1934
  • Leptomyrmex froggatti Forel, 1910

Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus is a species of ant in the genus Leptomyrmex. Described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775, the species is endemic to Australia and is known as the red-headed spider ant.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lucky, Andrea; Ward, Philip S. (2010), "Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF), Zootaxa, 2688: 1–67, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2688.1.1
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