Lepisiota piliscapa

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

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Lepisiota piliscapa (Santschi, 1935) valid

Acantholepis piliscapa Santschi, 1935a: 273 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Congo belge”): Kunungu, 2.iv.1921 (H. Schouteden). Primary type depositories: MRAC, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0912402.

Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 228.

Obsolete combinations

Acantholepis piliscapa

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

L. p. longipilosa (Santschi, 1935)
L. p. punctifrons (Santschi, 1935)

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 27:254-285. PDF

Extant: 2 valid subspecies

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