. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. WILSON : ANTS OF MELANESIA I, II 133 Material examined. NETH. NEW GUINEA: Andai, near Manokwari (holotype) ; Maffin Bay (E. S. Ross). NEW GUINEA: Gemeheng, Mongi Watershed, 1300 m. (Wilson, no. 781) ; Tumnang, Mongi Watershed, 1500 m. (Wilson, no. 803) ; Ebabaang, Mongi Watershed, 1300-1400 m. (Wilson, no. 828) ; Wamuki, Mongi Watershed, 800 m. (Wilson, no. 849) ; Finsch Harbor (N. G. L. Wagner). In eastern New Guinea, at least, this species is most abundant at intermediate elevations in the. Fig. 6. Worker of L
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. WILSON : ANTS OF MELANESIA I, II 133 Material examined. NETH. NEW GUINEA: Andai, near Manokwari (holotype) ; Maffin Bay (E. S. Ross). NEW GUINEA: Gemeheng, Mongi Watershed, 1300 m. (Wilson, no. 781) ; Tumnang, Mongi Watershed, 1500 m. (Wilson, no. 803) ; Ebabaang, Mongi Watershed, 1300-1400 m. (Wilson, no. 828) ; Wamuki, Mongi Watershed, 800 m. (Wilson, no. 849) ; Finsch Harbor (N. G. L. Wagner). In eastern New Guinea, at least, this species is most abundant at intermediate elevations in the. Fig. 6. Worker of Leptogenys purpurea Emery from Gemeheng, New Guinea. mountains. It was never encountered by the author during intensive collecting in the lowlands around Lae and Gagidu. Taxonomic notes. Three species, L. kitteli Forel of the Asian mainland and Indonesia, L. violacea Donisthorpe of Waigeo, and L. purpurea Emerj-, together form what may be provisionally termed the kitteli superspecies. They are obviously closely inter- related, replace one another geographically, and yet seem too well marked to be considered as mere geographic variants of the same species. L. purpurea can be distinguished from L. kitteli on the basis of the following set of worker characters: (1) purpurescent reflections common over most of the body surface of purpurea,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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