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Lepisiota integrisquama
| Lepisiota integrisquama | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Lepisiota |
| Species: | L. integrisquama |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepisiota integrisquama (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929) | |
Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran in a low to very low rainfall forest.
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iran, Kazakhstan (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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- integrisquama. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. integrisquama Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 486, fig. 8 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN.
- Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227.
- Junior synonym of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 227.
- Status as species: Pashaei Rad et al., 2018: 6
Taxonomic Notes
Pashaei Rad et al. (2018): Type location Kazakhstan, no type images but type drawings. Original name Acantholepis frauenfeldi integrisquama Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929: placed as a junior synonym of Lepisiota semenovi by Dlussky, Soyunov, and Zabelin (1990). This has a slightly different shaped head in full-face view, a near straight upper margin to the petiole and quite abundant erect hairs on the dorsal alitrunk.
Note that Bolton (in his unpublished An online catalogue of the ants of the world, 15 Feb. 2020) does not recognise the species status proposed by Pashaei Rad et al. (2018), noting that "the entries in this publication are omitted from the catalogue as it contains numerous nomenclatural errors; it also ignores previous taxonomic decisions, and entirely fails to apply ICZN rules that govern the availability of names in the species-group."
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. [In Russian.]. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1929c. Die Gattung Acantholepis in Turkestan. Zoologischer Anzeiger 82:477-492.
- Pashaei Rad, S., Taylor, B., Torabi, R., Aram, E., Abolfathi, G., Afshari, R., Borjali, F., Ghatei, M., Hediary, F., Jazini, F., Heidary Kiah, V., Mahmoudi, Z., Safariyan, F., Seiri, M. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64, 145-159 (doi:10.1080/09397140.2018.1442301).