Heteroponera leae is a species of ant in the genus Heteroponera. It is endemic to Australia, and was described by Wheeler in 1923.[1] It has a similar appearance to Heteroponera crozieri ants, although H. crozieri ants are more northerly distributed.[1]
Heteroponera leae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Genus: | Heteroponera |
Species: | H. leae
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Binomial name | |
Heteroponera leae (Wheeler, W.M., 1923)
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References
edit- ^ a b Taylor, Robert W. (2011), "Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteropone rinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (1) General introduction and review of the Heteroponera leae (Wheeler, 1923) species group, with descriptions of two new species.", Myrmecological News, 15: 117–123