Leptomyrmex niger is a species of ant in the genus Leptomyrmex. Described by Carlo Emery in 1900, the species is endemic to New Guinea.[1]

Leptomyrmex niger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Leptomyrmex
Species:
L. niger
Binomial name
Leptomyrmex niger
Emery, 1900
Synonyms
  • Leptomyrmex lugubris Wheeler, W.M., 1934

References

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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