Leptomyrmex ruficeps is a animal in the Formicidae family, order Hymenoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Leptomyrmex ruficeps

Leptomyrmex ruficeps is an ant species endemic to Australia, described in 1895 by Carlo Emery.

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Leptomyrmex

Order

Hymenoptera

Class

Insecta

About Leptomyrmex ruficeps

Leptomyrmex ruficeps is a species of ant that belongs to the genus Leptomyrmex. This species was first described by Carlo Emery in 1895, and it is endemic to Australia.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hymenoptera › Formicidae › Leptomyrmex

More from Formicidae

Tetramorium tsushimae Emery, 1925

Odontomachus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmecia piliventris Smith, 1858

Messor barbarus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Myrmecia brevinoda Forel, 1910

Leptogenys falcigera Roger, 1861

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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