Lepisiota rubrovaria

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

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Lepisiota rubrovaria (Forel, 1910) valid

Acantholepis simplex var. rubrovaria Forel, 1910f: 449 (w.m.) LESOTHO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Lesotho (“Basutoland”): (no further data) (R.C. Wroughton). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0909895.

Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
Status as species: Forel, 1913a: 141; Arnold, 1920a: 562; Wheeler, 1922: 939; Emery, 1925d: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 228.

Obsolete combinations

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

L. r. pilosa (Forel, 1913)

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
Forel, A. 1910f. Note sur quelques fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54:421-458. PDF
Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

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