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Lepisiota surchanica
| Lepisiota surchanica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Lepisiota |
| Species: | L. surchanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepisiota surchanica (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929) | |
Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on the ground in a moderate rainfall area.
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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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. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- surchanica. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. surchanica Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 491, fig. 15 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN.
- Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
- Subspecies of frauenfeldi: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
- Status as species: Pashaei Rad et al., 2018: 6.
Taxonomic Notes
Pashaei Rad et al. (2018): Type location Uzbekistan, no type images but type drawings. Original name Acantholepis frauenfeldi surchanica Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929. The status is revised as the fine surface sculpture and the petiole shape, notably the upper margin, seem diagnostic.
Note that Bolton (in his unpublished An online catalogue of the ants of the world, 15 Feb. 2020) does not recognise the species status proposed by Pashaei Rad et al.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." He considers this taxon to be a subspecies of frauenfeldi.
Description
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)
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1929c. Die Gattung Acantholepis in Turkestan. Zool. Anz. 82: 477-492 (page 491, fig. 15 worker described)
- 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).