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DOI: 10.20362/am.019002
Asian Myrmecology 19: 019002 (1-15)
article first published online: 30/January/2026
Three New Species of the Genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China, with an Updated Key to the Known Chinese Species
JIANYI CHEN1, TIANQI WU2, XINCHUANG ZHANG3 & SHUOJIE WANG4*
Abstract:
Leptogenys Roger, 1861 is the most diverse genus of the ant subfamily Ponerinae and primarily distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, especially in the Oriental realm. Taxonomic study of Leptogenys has been advancing with new species frequently discovered. In this paper three new Leptogenys species from South China are described based on morphological examination of workers: L. qini sp. nov. (Guangxi), L. scabra sp. nov. (Guangxi), and L. sunyatseni sp. nov. (Yunnan). Biogeographic information of these three new species and an updated key to currently known Chinese species are also provided.
Keywords:
Ponerinae, Taxonomy, New species, Morphology, Asia
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JIANYI CHEN1, TIANQI WU2, XINCHUANG ZHANG3 & SHUOJIE WANG4*
Abstract:
Leptogenys Roger, 1861 is the most diverse genus of the ant subfamily Ponerinae and primarily distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, especially in the Oriental realm. Taxonomic study of Leptogenys has been advancing with new species frequently discovered. In this paper three new Leptogenys species from South China are described based on morphological examination of workers: L. qini sp. nov. (Guangxi), L. scabra sp. nov. (Guangxi), and L. sunyatseni sp. nov. (Yunnan). Biogeographic information of these three new species and an updated key to currently known Chinese species are also provided.
Keywords:
Ponerinae, Taxonomy, New species, Morphology, Asia
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1Jurong Country Garden School, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212400, China; e-mail: 553319018@qq.com;
2Shenzhen School of The Affiliated High School of Peking University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China,
3South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510630; e-mail: 1055908053@
4Department of History, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510220; e-mail:
*Corresponding author: Shoujie Wang: 13659189682@163.com
