Leptomyrmex

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Anonychomyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Subfamily: Dolichoderinae Tribe: Dolichoderini Genus: Leptomyrmex Mayr, 1862
Species
see text.

Leptomyrmex is a genus of ants.

Newly hatched Extatosoma tiaratum mimic these ants to avoid predation.

[edit] Species

The species list is taken from the Tree of Life Web Project and likely to be incomplete.

• Leptomyrmex contractus
• Leptomyrmex darlingtoni
• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus
• Leptomyrmex flavitarsus
• Leptomyrmex fragilis
• Leptomyrmex froggatti
• Leptomyrmex lugubris
• Leptomyrmex mjobergi
• Leptomyrmex neotropicus
• Leptomyrmex niger
• Leptomyrmex nigriventris
• Leptomyrmex pallens
• Leptomyrmex puberulus
• Leptomyrmex unicolor
• Leptomyrmex varians
• Leptomyrmex wheeleri
• Leptomyrmex wiburdi