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Journal of Threatened Taxa Building evidence for conservaton globally www.threatenedtaxa.org ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) Note First record of Leptogenys hysterica Forel, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Pakistan Muhammad Tariq Rasheed, Imran Bodlah, Ammara Gull e Fareen & Xiaolei Huang 26 December 2018 | Vol. 10 | No. 15 | Pages: 13032–13036 10.11609/jot.4036.10.15.13032-13036 For Focus, Scope, Aims, Policies and Guidelines visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-0 For Artcle Submission Guidelines visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions For Policies against Scientfc Misconduct visit htps://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/about/editorialPolicies#custom-2 For reprints contact <[email protected]> Publisher & Host Partners Member Threatened Taxa Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 December 2018 | 10(15): 13032–13036 Note The ant genus Leptogenys Roger, First record of Leptogenys hysterica 1861 belongs to the subfamily Forel, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae and is considered Ponerinae) from Pakistan ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) to be one of the most speciose ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) genera throughout tropical and Muhammad Tariq Rasheed 1 , Imran Bodlah 2 , subtropical regions with 308 Ammara Gull e Fareen 3 & Xiaolei Huang 4 OPEN ACCESS species, 25 subspecies, and one 1,2,3 Insect Biodiversity and Conservaton Group, Department fossil record (AntWeb 2018). of Entomology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, These ants commonly reproduce Shamsabad, Muree Road, Rawalpindi, Punjab 46000, Pakistan by ergatogynes or gamergates (Ito 4 State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Plant Protecton, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry 1997; Ito & Ohkawara 2000; Peeters 2012; Bhart & University, Fuzhou 350002, China Wachkoo 2013). Individuals of this genus prefer roten 1 [email protected], 2 [email protected] (corresponding or dead wood, leaf liter, and surfaces under stones as author), 3 [email protected], 4 [email protected] habitats; a few species are also considered subarboreal (Bolton 1975; Rakotonirina & Fisher 2014). These ants mainly predate on termites and terrestrial isopods its neighbouring countries (Bhart & Wachkoo 2013). (Bolton 1975; Latke 2011). Here we report Leptogenys hysterica for the frst tme Signifcant contributons to the knowledge of this from the country with diagnostc note and illustratons. genus from southeastern Asia include Wu & Wang (1995), Xu (2000), Zhou (2001), Terayama (2009), and Materials and Methods Arimoto (2017). Bhart & Wachkoo (2013) provided As a result of extensive surveys during 2016–2017, keys to the Leptogenys in India with descriptons of two workers of the genus Leptogenys were collected from new species. Xu & He (2015) reviewed the Oriental diferent forest areas of Margalla Hills in Rawalpindi, species of this genus, provided an identfcaton key to Islamabad, Pakistan. Specimens of this species were the ant fauna in China, and described and added two found under rocks near leaf liter and were hand new records to the country. Other noteworthy studies collected. The collected specimens were placed in include that of Bolton (1975) and Latke (2011), which potassium cyanide killing jars. A few specimens were remarkably contributed to the species of Leptogenys in also preserved in 75% ethanol. Taxonomic analysis of the Afrotropical region and the New World, respectvely. the collected specimens was performed under Labomed Very limited work on the exploraton of ants in microscope using keys by Bhart & Wachkoo (2013). Pakistan was undertaken tll date (Umair et al. 2012; Identfcatons were made by observing the metanotal Bodlah et al. 2016; Bodlah et al. 2017a,b). Twenty-seven groove, the width and length of the petolar node, species of Leptogenys were recorded from India, one of and comparison of the mesosomal length with the DOI: htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4036.10.15.13032-13036 | ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0F5E646D-99AD-49FC-AFB9-060480B6E560 Editor: Brian Fisher, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, USA. Date of publicaton: 26 December 2018 (online & print) Manuscript details: Ms # 4036 | Received 29 January 2018 | Final received 11 October 2018 | Finally accepted 30 November 2018 Citaton: Rasheed, M.T., I. Bodlah, A.G. Fareen & X. Huang (2018). First record of Leptogenys hysterica Forel, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Pakistan. Journal of Threatened Taxa 10(15): 13032–13036; htps://doi.org/10.11609/jot.4036.10.15.13032-13036 Copyright: © Rasheed et al. 2018. Creatve Commons Atributon 4.0 Internatonal License. JoTT allows unrestricted use of this artcle in any medium, reproducton and distributon by providing adequate credit to the authors and the source of publicaton. Funding: Pakistan Science Foundaton Islamabad (PSF/NSLP/P-UAAR 313); Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. Competng interests: The authors declare no competng interests. Acknowledgements: We are greatly thankful to Pakistan Science Foundaton for the fnancial support provided under the project PSF/NSLP/P-UAAR (313) to perform these studies. Anonymous reviewers are also greatly acknowledged for their helpful comments and suggestons about the manuscript. 13032 First record of Leptogenys hysterica from Pakistan Rasheed et al. abdominal length. lateral margin longitudinally carinate; mandible long, Images were prepared by a digital camera (Nikon DS- narrow at anterior, thicker at apex, carinate longitudinally Fi3) atached with a Nikon 1500 SMZ stereo microscope in lateral view, basal tooth absent, apical tooth present, and cleaned using Adobe Photoshop CS6 sofware. mastcatory margin without teeth, smooth; scape Measurements (in millimeters) and indices were exceeding the lateral cephalic margin. calculated with the help of a stage and ocular micrometer. Mesosoma in dorsal view densely punctate (Image Identfed specimens were tagged with the valid names, 5), deeply impressed at metanotal grove; mesothorax localites, dates of collecton, and microhabitats. Afer shorter than pro- and metathorax; metathorax rugose taxonomic treatment, the specimens were deposited in laterally (Image 6); gaster one and half tmes longer than the Department of Entomology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid mesosomal length (Image 8), pronotum width more Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. than rest of mesosomal width, metanotum length more Morphometric terminology (in millimeters) and than rest of mesosomal length; propodeum declivity indices are given as: HL - In full face view, the maximum transversely striated (Image 9). length of head from clypeus to vertex in a straight line; Posterior petolar margin slightly wider than anterior HW - Maximum width of the head in frontal view; SL - petolar margin, longer in length than width, forming Total length of scape without the neck; EL - Maximum smooth convexity. eye length; EW - Maximum width of eye in oblique Gaster’s length more than weber’s length (Image view; PW - Maximum pronotal width in dorsal view; 8); basal tergite shining and densely punctate; base of WL - Maximum length of mesosoma from anterior to second tergite cross-ribbed, remaining tergite afer posterior margin of pronotum except for collar in lateral basal tergite smooth and shiny. view; PL - Maximum length of petole from anterior to Mandible smooth dorsally, narrow, sparsely punctate the posterior margin of tergite; PH - Maximum height laterally; clypeus triangular with strong medial carinae, of petole from apex to the dorsal point in lateral view; longitudinally striated; scape covered with piligerous and PDW - Maximum width of node in dorsal view; GL - become dense at apex; pro pleuron rugose longitudinally Maximum abdominal length; CI - Cephalic index = HW/ and meso-meta pleuron transversally rugose. HL×100; OI - Ocular index = EL/HW×100; SI - Scape index Distributon: Indo-Malayan region in Borneo, India, = SL/HW×100; LPI - Lateral petole index = PH/PL×100; Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand (Bhart DPI - Dorsal petole index = PDW/PL×100 et al. 2017; AntWeb 2018). Results and Discussion Material examined Leptogenys hysterica Forel, 1900 Pakistan: FOR-001, 10 workers, 05.iii.2016, Pakistan, (Images 1–9) Islamabad, Trail 5, 33.818°N, 73.123°E, 630m, coll. M.T. Leptogenys (Lobopelta) hysterica Forel, 1900: 311 Rasheed; 7 workers, 08.iv.2016, Pakistan, Islamabad, Pir (w.) SRI LANKA. Imai et al., 1984 (k.) 5. Status as species: Sohawa, 35.872°N, 73.185°E, 1,046m, coll. I. Bodlah; Bingham, 1903: 64; Bhart & Wachkoo, 2013: 17 (in key); 10 workers, 25.v.2016, Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Murree, Xu & He, 2015: 156 (in key). 33.293°N, 73.368°E, 1,158m, coll. A.G. Fareen; 10 Worker morphometrics (in millimetres): HL 0.98– workers, 08.vi.2017, Pakistan, Islamabad, Daman e koh, 1.0, HW 0.62–0.65, EL 0.16–0.18, EW 0.13–0.15, PW 34.243°N, 73.185°E, 722m, coll. M.T. Rasheed. 0.52–0.55, SL 0.98–1.0, WL 0.53–0.6, PL 0.4–0.6, PW Diferental diagnosis: Leptogenys hysterica most 0.41–0.43, PH 0.52–0.55, GL 1.66–1.68, TL 5.25–5.47. resembles L. punctventris (Mayr, 1879) from which it can Indices: CI 63.41–65, SI 153.84–157.05, OI 24.61–28.84, be distnguished by its distnct metanotal groove (Image LPI 91.66–132, DPI 68.33–108 (n=5). 4) and broader than long petole in dorsal view (Image Worker descripton: Head densely punctate, 7). The DPI in L. hysterica is 68.00–108.00 mm while in rectangular in full face view, likewise narrowed anteriorly L. punctventris the metanotal groove is obsolete with and posteriorly, posterior and lateral margin convex, longer than wide petolar node and DPI < 90.00mm.