Leptomyrmex

Medium and small sized wood and earth ants with very long legs and antennas, the body is thin. Color from bright orange to black. The head is very elongated (almost twice as long as its width). The antennae of females and workers are 12-segmented (in males, antennas consist of 13 segments). Zhval workers with 16-25 teeth. The mandibular palps are 6-segmented, the lower labial palps are composed of 4 segments. Shins of middle and hind legs with one apical spur. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of one segment ( petiol ) ^{[3] [4]} .

Head structure

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  Leptomyrmex darlingtoni

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  Leptomyrmex fragilis

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  Leptomyrmex lugubris

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  Leptomyrmex varians

More than 20 species, which are divided into subgroups of large ("macro") and small ("micro") ^[3] .

• Leptomyrmex contractus Donisthorpe, 1947
• Leptomyrmex darlingtoni Wheeler, 1934
• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Leptomyrmex flavitarsus (Smith, 1859)
• Leptomyrmex fragilis (Smith, 1859)
• Leptomyrmex froggatti Forel, 1910
• Leptomyrmex lugubris Wheeler, 1934
• Leptomyrmex mjobergi Forel, 1915
• † Leptomyrmex neotropicus Baroni Urbani, 1980 - Dominican amber (19–16 Ma) ^[5]
• Leptomyrmex niger Emery, 1900
• Leptomyrmex nigriventris (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)
• Leptomyrmex pallens Emery, 1883
• Leptomyrmex puberulus Wheeler, 1934
• Leptomyrmex relictus Boudinot et al. , 2016 - Brazil ^[6]
• Leptomyrmex unicolor Emery, 1895
• Leptomyrmex varians Emery, 1895
• Leptomyrmex wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1948
• Leptomyrmex wiburdi Wheeler, 1915
• Other species

The scheme of phylogenetic relationships within the genus, established on the basis of molecular genetic studies, is shown in the scheme (Lucky, 2011) ^[7] :

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• Dolichoderinae