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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Plagiolepidini
›
Lepisiota
›
Lepisiota nigrescens
Lepisiota
nigrescens
(Karavaiev, 1912)
valid
Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. nigrescens
Karavaiev, 1912a
: 15, fig. 6 (w.) ALGERIA. Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Algeria: Laverdure, iii.-iv.1911 (
W. Karawajew
). Primary type depository:
SIZK
.
[Misspelled as
nigricans
by
Santschi, 1917d
: 43 (corrected by
Karavaiev, 1926e
: 189).]
Menozzi, 1927g
: 379 (q.)
Combination in
Lepisiota
:
Bolton, 1995b
: 228.
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name:
Emery, 1924a
: 8.
Subspecies of
Lepisiota frauenfeldi
:
Santschi, 1917d
: 43;
Stitz, 1917
: 349;
Emery, 1925d
: 25;
Karavaiev, 1926e
: 189;
Menozzi, 1927g
: 379;
Menozzi, 1934
: 156;
Finzi, 1940
: 162.
Status as species:
Collingwood, 1985
: 295;
Bolton, 1995b
: 228;
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
: 368;
Borowiec, 2014
: 95;
Sharaf
et al.
, 2016
: 10 (in key);
Sharaf
et al.
, 2020
: 133 (in key).
Obsolete combinations
Acantholepis frauenfeldi nigrescens
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, L.
2014.
Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340.
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
1985.
Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia.
Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7:230-302.
PDF
Collingwood, C. A.
;
Agosti, D.
1996.
Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2).
Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15:300-385.
PDF
Emery, C.
1924a.
Formiche della Cirenaica raccolte dal Dott. Enrico Festa e dal Prof. Filippo Silvestri.
Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 56:6-11.
PDF
Emery, C.
1925d.
Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae.
Genera Insectorum 183:1-302.
PDF
Finzi, B.
1940 ("1939").
Formiche della Libia.
Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 18:155-166.
PDF
Karavaiev, V.
1912a.
Ameisen aus Tunesien und Algerien, nebst einigen unterwegs in Italien gesammelten Arten.
Russkoe Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 12:1-22.
PDF
Karavaiev, V.
1926e.
Beiträge zur Ameisenfauna des Kaukasus, nebst einigen Bemerkungen über andere palaearktische Formen. (Schluss).
Konowia 5:187-199.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1927g.
Risultati zoologici della Missione inviata dalla R. Società Geografica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell'Oasi di Giarabub (1926-1927). Formicidae (Hymenoptera).
Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 52:379-382.
PDF
Menozzi, C.
1934.
Reperti mirmecofaunistici raccolti dal Prof. L. di Caporiacco nelle oasi di Cufra e in altre località del deserto Libico.
Atti della Società dei Naturalisti e Matematici di Modena 65[=(6)13]:153-166.
PDF
Santschi, F.
1917d.
Acantholepis
Frauenfeldi
Mayr et ses variétés.
Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 8:42-48.
PDF
Sharaf, M. R.
;
Monks, J.
;
Polaszek, A.
;
Aldawood, A. S.
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.
Journal of Natural History 50 (29-30):1875-1887.
10.1080/00222933.2016.1180722
PDF
Sharaf, M.R.
;
Aldawood, A.S.
;
Mohamed, A.A.
;
Hita Garcia, F.
2020.
The genus
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.
Journal of Hymenoptera Research 76:127-152.
10.3897/jhr.76.50193
PDF
Stitz, H.
1917.
Ameisen aus dem westlichen Mittelmeergebiet und von den Kanarischen Inseln.
Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 8:333-353.
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