Cerapachys & Leptogenys Genera

Leptogenys confucii
  • Mandibles thin & long sword-like with only few teeth at the reduced extremity
  • Bases of the mandibles wide, on the prolongation of the lateral border of the cranium
  • Japan
    • C. daikoku
  • PE relatively wide, anterodorsal corners angulate
  • Whole body black: C. daikoku
  • Japan
    • C. humicola
  • PE nearly as long as wide, anterodorsal corners rounded
  • PN not margined anteriorly by a carina in d-lview: C. humicola
  • Body pale to dark brown
  • Japan
    • C. biroi/hashimotoi
  • PN margined anteriorly by a weak carina in d-lview
  • If (a) t2 longer than PE + t1 together: C. biroi, else C. hashimotoi