Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Leptogenys santacruzi
Hormiga, Ant
This species is an arid zone specialist.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Suborder
Apocrita
Superfamily
Vespoidea
Family
Formicidae
Section
Ponerini
Genus
Leptogenys
Species
santacruzi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
- Herrera, H. W., Tocora, M. C., Fiorentino, G., Causton, C. E., Dekoninck, W., & Hendrickx, F. (2024) The ants of the Galápagos Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): a historical overview, checklist, and identification key. ZooKeys, 1191, 151.
- Herrera, H. W., Baert, L., Dekoninck, W., Causton, C. E., Sevilla, C. R., Pozo, P., & Hendrickx, F. (2020) Distribution and habitat preferences of Galápagos ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Belgian Journal of Entomology 93: 1–60.
- Lattke, J. (2011) Revision of the new world species of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 69, 127-264.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Leptogenys santacruzi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18969. Accessed 4 November 2026.