Lepisiota caucasica

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Lepisiota caucasica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Lepisiota
Species: L. caucasica
Binomial name
Lepisiota caucasica
(Santschi, 1917)

Records of this species from Greece and Serbia need confirmation, and the group of bicoloured Lepisiota species needs revision (Borowiec, 2014).

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Azerbaijan, Türkiye.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • caucasica. Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. caucasica Santschi, 1917d: 43 (w.) CAUCASUS.
    • Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227.
    • Subspecies of frauenfeldi: Emery, 1925b: 25.
    • Junior synonym of frauenfeldi: Arakelian, 1994: 81.
    • Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 281 (in key); Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 506; Borowiec, L. 2014: 92.

Description

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