Checklist of Lepisiota species

Lepisiota
	Formicinae
	; Lepisiota capensis
	; Distribution
	; Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species	147
Invalid Species	11
Fossils	0
Countries Occupied	83
Year Described	1990
First Species Described	1855
Last Species Described	2023

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The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Lepisiota. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Lepisiota species and for distribution information see Lepisiota species by Country.

A

acuta Xu, Z., 1994 (China)
affinis (Santschi, 1937) (Kenya)
ajjer (Bernard, 1953) (Algeria)
albata (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
alexis (Santschi, 1937) (Zimbabwe)
alexis dulcis (Santschi, 1937) (Angola)
ambigua (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
angolensis (Santschi, 1937) (Angola, Ivory Coast)
annandalei (Mukerjee, 1930) (India)
arabica (Collingwood, 1985) (Saudi Arabia)
arenaria (Arnold, 1920) (Zimbabwe)
arnoldi (Forel, 1913) (Zimbabwe)
arnoldi mota (Santschi, 1937) (Angola)
aurea (Karavaiev, 1933) (Indonesia)
aurea punctaticeps (Wheeler, W.M., 1935) (Philippines)

B

bicolor Jarernkong & Jaitrong, 2023 (Thailand)
binghami Harshana & Dey, 2022 (India)
bipartita (Smith, F., 1861) (Greece, India, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka)

C

cacozela (Stitz, 1916) (Benin, Congo, Ivory Coast)
canescens (Emery, 1897) (Benin, Gambia, Guinea, Israel, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia)
canescens latior (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
capensis (Mayr, 1862) (Botswana, Canary Islands, China, Comoros, Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa)
capensis acholli (Weber, 1943) (Benin, Sudan)
capensis anceps (Forel, 1916) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)
capensis guineensis (Mayr, 1902) (Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya)
capensis issore (Weber, 1943) (Sudan)
capensis junodi (Forel, 1916) (South Africa)
capensis laevis (Santschi, 1913) (Benin, Gambia, Senegal)
capensis minuta (Forel, 1916) (South Africa)
capensis simplicoides (Forel, 1907) (South Africa)
capensis specularis (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
capensis subopaciceps (Santschi, 1937) (Angola)
capensis thoth (Weber, 1943) (Sudan)
capitata (Forel, 1913) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
carbonaria (Emery, 1892) (Djibouti, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia)
• Acantholepis capensis depilis Emery, 1897

carbonaria baumi (Forel, 1910) (Angola)
caucasica (Santschi, 1917) (Azerbaijan, Türkiye)
chapmani (Wheeler, W.M., 1935) (Philippines)
chutimae Jaitrong, Waengsothorn & Buddhakala, 2022 (Thailand)
crinita (Mayr, 1895) (Kenya, South Africa)
curta (Emery, 1897) (Somalia)

D

dammama Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (Saudi Arabia)
dendrophila (Arnold, 1949) (Zimbabwe)
deplanata (Stitz, 1911) (United Republic of Tanzania)
depressa (Santschi, 1914) (Kenya, Rwanda)
dhofara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (Oman, Saudi Arabia)
dolabellae (Forel, 1911) (Greece, Iran, Israel, Türkiye)

E

egregia (Forel, 1913) (Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe)
egregia santschii (Arnold, 1920) (Zimbabwe)
elbazi Sharaf & Hita Garcia, 2020 (Oman)
elegantissima Collingwood & van Harten, 2011 (United Arab Emirates)
elevata (Santschi, 1937) (Zimbabwe)
emmelii (Kutter, 1932) (Indonesia)
erythraea (Forel, 1910) (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia)

F

fergusoni (Forel, 1895) (India, Sri Lanka)
foreli (Arnold, 1920) (Zimbabwe)
foreli convexa (Arnold, 1920) (Zimbabwe)
foreli impressa (Arnold, 1920) (Zimbabwe)
frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855) (Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balearic Islands, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Israel, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Portugal, Réunion, Spain, Türkiye)
• Acantholepis frauenfeldi azerbeidzhanica Karavaiev, 1932

frauenfeldi aegyptiaca (Finzi, 1936) (Egypt, Israel)
frauenfeldi atlantis (Santschi, 1917) (Algeria, Malta)
frauenfeldi barbara (Santschi, 1917) (Tunisia)
frauenfeldi ferganica (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929) (Kazakhstan)
frauenfeldi kantarensis (Forel, 1911) (Algeria, Canary Islands)
frauenfeldi libanica (Santschi, 1921) (Syria)
frauenfeldi marocana (Santschi, 1936) (Morocco)
frauenfeldi pubescens (Forel, 1892) (Tunisia)
frauenfeldi saharensis (Santschi, 1917) (Algeria)
frauenfeldi truncata (Finzi, 1940) (Tunisia)
frauenfeldi variabilis (Santschi, 1917) (Tunisia)

G

gerardi (Santschi, 1915) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
gracilicornis (Forel, 1892) (Eritrea, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)
gracilicornis abdominalis (Forel, 1894) (Ethiopia)

H

harteni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (Saudi Arabia, Yemen)
hexiangu Terayama, 2009 (Taiwan)
hirsuta (Santschi, 1914) (Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe)
hirsuta setosella (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

I

imperfecta (Santschi, 1926) (Guinea, Zimbabwe)
imperfecta congolensis (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
incisa (Forel, 1913) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Saudi Arabia)
integra (Forel, 1894) (Afghanistan, India, Pakistan)
integrisquama (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929) (Iran, Kazakhstan)

K

kabulica (Pisarski, 1967) (Afghanistan)
karawaiewi (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929) (Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

L

layla Wachkoo, Bharti & Akbar, 2021 (India)
litoralis (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929) (Iran, Kazakhstan)
longinoda (Arnold, 1920) (Oman, Zimbabwe)
lunaris (Emery, 1893) (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka)

M

mayri Wachkoo, Bharti & Akbar, 2021 (India, Sri Lanka)
megacephala (Weber, 1943) (Sudan)
melanogaster (Emery, 1915) (Kazakhstan)
melas (Emery, 1915) (Greece, Iran, Türkiye)
mlanjiensis (Arnold, 1946) (Malawi)
modesta (Forel, 1894) (India)
monardi (Santschi, 1930) (Angola, Benin, Guinea, Mali, Mali)
monardi australis (Santschi, 1930) (Angola)

N

ngangela (Santschi, 1937) (Angola)
nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893) (Balearic Islands, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates)
• Acantholepis frauenfeldi splendens Karavaiev, 1912

nigrescens (Karavaiev, 1912) (Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates)
nigrisetosa (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
nigriventris (Emery, 1899) (Cameroun)

O

obtusa (Emery, 1901) (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia)
oculata (Santschi, 1935) (Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo)
omanensis Sharaf & Monks, 2016 (Oman, United Arab Emirates)
opaca (Forel, 1892) (China, India, Sri Lanka)
opaciventris (Finzi, 1936) (Egypt, Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates)

P

palpalis (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
piliscapa (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
piliscapa longipilosa (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
piliscapa punctifrons (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
pulchella (Forel, 1892) (China, India, Sri Lanka)
pusaensis Harshana & Dey, 2022 (India)

Q

quadraticeps (Arnold, 1944) (Zimbabwe)

R

reticulata Xu, Z., 1994 (China)
riyadha Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 (Saudi Arabia)
rothneyi (Forel, 1894) (Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Thailand)
rothneyi splendida (Viehmeyer, 1916) (Singapore)
rothneyi sundaica (Emery, 1921) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia)
rothneyi taivanae (Forel, 1913) (Taiwan)
rothneyi watsonii (Forel, 1894) (China, Myanmar)
rubrovaria (Forel, 1910) (Lesotho, South Africa)
rubrovaria pilosa (Forel, 1913) (Zimbabwe)
rugithorax (Santschi, 1930) (Angola)

S

semenovi kassansai (Tarbinsky, 1976) (Kyrgyzstan)
sericea (Forel, 1892) (Afghanistan, India, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia)
siamensis Jarernkong & Jaitrong, 2023 (Thailand)
silvicola (Arnold, 1920) (Mozambique)
simplex (Forel, 1892) (Kenya, Lesotho, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Zimbabwe)
somalica (Menozzi, 1927) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia)
spinisquama (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929) (Iran, Kazakhstan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Socotra Archipelago, Yemen)
spinosior (Forel, 1913) (Mozambique, Zimbabwe)
spinosior ballaensis (Arnold, 1920) (Zimbabwe)
spinosior natalensis (Arnold, 1920) (South Africa)
submetallica (Arnold, 1920) (Zimbabwe)
submetallica aspera (Arnold, 1920) (Mozambique)
surchanica (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929) (Iran, Kazakhstan)
syriaca (André, 1881) (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Türkiye)

T

tenuipilis (Santschi, 1935) (Democratic Republic of Congo)
thepthepae Jarernkong & Jaitrong, 2023 (Thailand)

V

validiuscula (Emery, 1897) (Benin, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Zimbabwe)
velox (Baroni Urbani, 1968) (Malta, Tunisia)

W

wilsoni Harshana & Dey, 2022 (India)
wroughtonii (Forel, 1902) (China, India, Sri Lanka)

X

xichangensis (Wu, J. & Wang, C., 1995) (China)