Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus

Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

^ 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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[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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