Lepisiota semenovi

Lepisiota semenovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Lepisiota
Species:	L. semenovi
Binomial name
	Lepisiota semenovi; (Ruzsky, 1905) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
	Lepisiota semenovi kassansai (Tarbinsky, 1976);
Synonyms
	Acantholepis frauenfeldi arnoldovi Ruzsky, 1905; Acantholepis frauenfeldi coriacea Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929; Acantholepis frauenfeldi deserticola Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929; Acantholepis frauenfeldi halinae Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929; Acantholepis frauenfeldi latisquama Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929; Acantholepis frauenfeldi mediorubra Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929; Acantholepis frauenfeldi transcaspiensis Santschi, 1917; Acantholepis frauenfeldi turkmena Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929;

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran in a montane area with moderate rainfall.

Identification

Distribution

Records from Greece are probably misidentifications (Borowiec, 2014).

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 41.424167° to 37.76417°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation (type locality), Türkiye.

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.

Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb


Worker. Specimen code casent0910239. Photographer Alexandra Westrich, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

arnoldovi. Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. arnoldovi Ruzsky, 1905b: 462 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 226. Junior synonym of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 163.
semenovi. Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. semenovi Ruzsky, 1905b: 461 (w.) RUSSIA. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228. Subspecies of frauenfeldi: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 485. Raised to species: Pisarski, 1967: 410; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 235. Senior synonym of arnoldovi, coriacea, deserticola, halinae, integrisquama, latisquama, litoralis, mediorubra, transcaspiensis, turkmena and material of the unavailable names infumata, minuta referred here: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 163-165.
transcaspiensis. Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. transcaspiensis Santschi, 1917d: 43 (w.) RUSSIA. Karavaiev, 1926e: 188 (q.m.). Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228. Subspecies of frauenfeldi: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 484. Junior synonym of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 163.
coriacea. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. coriacea Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 487, fig. 10 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227. Junior synonym of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 165.
deserticola. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. deserticola Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 485, fig. 5 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227. Junior synonym of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 165.
halinae. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. halinae Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 489, fig. 13 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227. Junior synonym of sericea: Pisarski, 1967: 408; of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 165.
latisquama. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. latisquama Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 487, fig. 9 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227. Junior synonym of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 165.
mediorubra. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. mediorubra Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 486, fig. 7 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228. Junior synonym of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 165.
turkmena. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. turkmena Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 488, fig. 12 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 229. Junior synonym of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 165.

Description

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