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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
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Formicidae
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Formicinae
›
Plagiolepidini
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Lepisiota
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
Lepisiota
gracilicornis
(Forel, 1892)
valid
Acantholepis gracilicornis
Forel, 1892a
: 42 (diagnosis in key) (w.) YEMEN. Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Yemen: Aden (
F. Ris
). Primary type depository:
MHNG
.
Type notes:
No indication of number of specimens is given.
Emery, 1893h
: 257 (q.)
Combination in
Lepisiota
:
Bolton, 1995b
: 227.
Status as species:
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 172;
Emery, 1893h
: 256;
Emery, 1895g
: 337;
Emery, 1901e
: 63;
Forel, 1910c
: 265;
Karavaiev, 1911b
: 9;
Wheeler, 1922
: 939;
Viehmeyer, 1923
: 92;
Emery, 1925d
: 26;
Menozzi, 1931a
: 154;
Finzi, 1936
: 187;
Finzi, 1939a
: 159;
Hamann & Klemm, 1967
: 418;
Collingwood, 1985
: 295;
Kugler, 1988
: 259;
Bolton, 1995b
: 227;
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
: 366;
Dietrich, 2004
: 324;
Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010
: 40;
Collingwood
et al.
, 2011
: 465;
Borowiec, 2014
: 93 (see note in bibliography);
Sharaf
et al.
, 2016
: 9 (in key);
Madl, 2019
: 14;
Borowiec & Salata, 2020
: 10;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2020
: 133 (in key);
Sharaf
et al.
, 2020
: 543.
Obsolete combinations
Acantholepis gracilicornis
Current subspecies (nominal plus)
L. g. abdominalis
(Forel, 1894)
Citations
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1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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2014.
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Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340.
PDF
Borowiec, L.
;
Salata, S.
2020.
Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan.
Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 29(002):1-29.
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PDF
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1985.
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PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
;
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1996.
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PDF
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;
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;
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;
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2011.
Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae.
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PDF
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1893.
Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna).
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PDF
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2004.
Taxonomische Beiträge zur Myrmekofauna Jordaniens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Denisia 14:319-344.
PDF
Emery, C.
1893h.
Voyage de M. E. Simon à l'île de Ceylan (janvier-février 1892). Formicides.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62:239-258.
PDF
Emery, C.
1895g.
Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire de Diego-Suarez (Madagascar-nord) (Avril-août 1893). Formicides.
Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39:336-345.
PDF
Emery, C.
1901e.
Spicilegio mirmecologico.
Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 33:57-63.
PDF
Emery, C.
1925d.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.
Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
PDF
Finzi, B.
1936.
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PDF
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1939a.
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PDF
Forel, A.
1892a.
Notes myrmécologiques.
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PDF
Forel, A.
1910c.
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PDF
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;
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PDF
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1911b.
Ameisen aus Aegypten und dem Sudan.
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PDF
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1988.
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PDF
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2019.
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PDF
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1931a.
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PDF
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;
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;
Mohamed, A. A.
;
Fisher, B. L.
;
Aldawood, A. S.
2020.
A preliminary synopsis of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Qatar with remarks on the zoogeography.
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PDF
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;
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;
Polaszek, A.
;
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2016.
A remarkable new species of the genus
Lepisiota
Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Oman and the United Arab Emirates with a key to the Arabian species.
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PDF
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;
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;
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;
Hita Garcia, F.
2020.
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Lepisiota
Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species,
Lepisiota elbazi
sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identification key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities.
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PDF
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PDF
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