Acantholepis capensis depilis

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Acantholepis capensis depilis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lepisiota carbonaria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Lepisiota
Species: Acantholepis capensis depilis
Emery, 1897

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Specimen Labels

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Lepisiota carbonaria.

Nomenclature

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

  • depilis. Acantholepis capensis subsp. depilis Emery, 1897e: 602 (w.q.) SOMALIA.
    • Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227.
    • Subspecies of capensis: Santschi, 1914b: 126 (in key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 937; Emery, 1925b: 24.
    • Status as species: Collingwood, 1985: 294; Bolton, 1995b: 227; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 365; Borowiec, L. 2014: 92; Sharaf, Monks, et al. 2016: 11 (in key).
    • Junior synonym of carbonaria: Sharaf et al., 2020: 141.

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