Lepisiota frauenfeldi truncata

Lepisiota frauenfeldi truncata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Lepisiota
Species:	L. frauenfeldi
Subspecies:	L. frauenfeldi truncata
Trinomial name
Lepisiota frauenfeldi truncata (Finzi, 1940)

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 35.674444° to 25.083333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Tunisia (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.

Nomenclature

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

• truncata. Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. truncata Finzi, 1940: 162 (w.q.) TUNISIA. [First available use of Acantholepis frauenfeldi st. integra var. truncata Santschi, 1917d: 45; unavailable name.] Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 228, Combination in Lepisiota)
• Finzi, B. 1940 [1939]. Formiche della Libia. Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 18: 155-166 (page 162, worker, queen described)