Lepisiota dammama

Lepisiota dammama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Lepisiota
Species:	L. dammama
Binomial name
Lepisiota dammama Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 Specimen Labels

Nothing is known about the biology of Lepisiota dammama.

Identification

Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - Distinguished from Lepisiota frauenfeldi by the sharper spines, more shining appearance and much paler colour.

Keys including this Species

• Key to Arabian Lepisiota

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 26.4° to 26.4°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0906337. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NML, Liverpool, UK.

Specimen code casent0906336. .

Nomenclature

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

• dammama. Lepisiota dammama Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 365 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Worker

Holotype: HW 0.61; SL 0.95; EL 0.23; SI 153; EL/HW 0.37.

This is a large-eyed, shining bicoloured species with sharp pointed propodeal and petiole spines, pale antennae and legs. The head is brilliant black, the gaster brownish and the alitrunk confusedly coloured with pale red and dark areas.

Type Material

Holotype: worker, Saudi Arabia, Dammam, 26°24'N 50°11'E, 5.1.1979, W Buttiker. - Paratypes: Saudi Arabia: workers, same series as holotype; workers from: Jebel Maniq, 5.1.1979; Wadi Awsat, 31.XII.1976; all W. Buttiker.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna Saudi Arabia. 15:300-385. (page 365, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.