Lepisiota elevata

Lepisiota elevata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Lepisiota
Species:	L. elevata
Binomial name
Lepisiota elevata (Santschi, 1937)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe (type locality), Zimbabwe (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.

Nomenclature

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

• elevata. Acantholepis elevata Santschi, 1937d: 236.
  • [First available use of Acantholepis capensis r. hirsuta var. elevata Forel, 1914d: 249 (w.) ZIMBABWE; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Bolton, 1995b: 227).]
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Arnold, 1920a: 573; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 937; Emery, 1925b: 24; Prins, 1963: 106.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 226, Combination in Lepisiota)
• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amerique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50: 211-288.
• Santschi, F. 1937a. Glanure de fourmis éthiopiennes. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 77: 47-66.