Lepisiota foreli

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Lepisiota foreli (Arnold, 1920) valid

Acantholepis foreli Arnold, 1920a: 564, pl. 18, fig. 121 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Zimbabwe (“S Rhodesia”): Sipapoma (G. Arnold). Primary type depositories: BMNH, SAMC. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903152.

Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227.
Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 939; Emery, 1925d: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 227.

Obsolete combinations

Acantholepis foreli

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

L. f. convexa (Arnold, 1920)
L. f. impressa (Arnold, 1920)

Citations

Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:403-578. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 2 valid subspecies

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