Lepisiota semenovi kassansai

Lepisiota semenovi kassansai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Lepisiota
Species:	L. semenovi
Subspecies:	L. semenovi kassansai
Trinomial name
Lepisiota semenovi kassansai (Tarbinsky, 1976)

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Kyrgyzstan (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.

• kassansai. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. kassansai Tarbinsky, 1976: 132, figs. 235-237 (w.) KYRGYZSTAN. **Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227.
  • Subspecies of frauenfeldi: Bolton, 1995b: 227.
  • Subspecies of semenovi: Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 205.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 227, Combination in Lepisiota)
• Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 132, figs. 235-237 worker described)