Togpelenys gigantea Kistner, 1989

Maruyama, Munetoshi, von Beeren, Christoph & Hashim, Rosli, 2010, Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) associated with Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) I. Review of three genera associated with L. distinguenda (Emery, 1887) and L. mutabilis (Smith, 1861), ZooKeys 59, pp. 47-60 : 50

Togpelenys gigantea Kistner, 1989 Fig. 6

Togpelenys gigantea Kistner 1989: 312 (original description).

Type locality.

Ulu Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia.

Additional record.

Bukit Rengit (03°35.779N; 102°10.814E; 72 m alt.), Pahang, Malaysia, III 2009, C. von Beeren and V. Witte (2 males).

Distribution.

Peninsular Malaysia.

Symbiotic host.

Leptogenys distinguenda .

Diagnosis.

This species is easily distinguished from the other species of Wroughtonilla as well as its allied genera by the generic diagnosis.

Comments.

Rare species, newly recorded from Pahang. In the type locality, Ulu Gombak, Selangor, no additional specimen has been collected despite more than 40 colonies having been examined in the last few years (von Beeren and Witte, personal observations; the type series were collected in 1982). We are not sure whether this is due to environmental changes in Ulu Gombak or simply due to rarity of this species.