Key to Leptogenys species in or possible in MS and AL (Trager & Johnson, 1988) |
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| 1 | The surface of the head and thorax dull and with coarse punctation; the color deep yellowish red to brownish reddish |
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| The surface of the head and thorax shiny between small punctures; color red and deep-red, some darker specimens often with faint blueish or purplish irridescence | ||
Key to Males |
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| 1 | The ocelli large with the distance between lateral and median ocelli slightly to considerably less than the maximum diameter of the lateral ocelli; the caudal end of the aedeagus with rounded inferior corner in side view | |
| The ocelli are smaller with the distance between the lateral and median ocelli about equal to or exceeding the maximum diameter of the lateral ocelli; the inferior caudal corner of the the aedeagus bearing a forked process | ||