Lepisiota velox
Lepisiota velox | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
Genus: | Lepisiota |
Species: | L. velox |
Binomial name | |
Lepisiota velox (Baroni Urbani, 1968) |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Malta, 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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- velox. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. velox Baroni Urbani, 1968b: 480.
- [First available use of Acantholepis frauenfeldi st. integra var. velox Santschi, 1917d: 44 (w.q.m.) TUNISIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 229.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1924b: 12; Emery, 1925b: 26.
- Subspecies of frauenfeldi: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 174; Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 436; Bolton, 1995b: 229.
- Status as species: Borowiec, L. 2014: 96.
Description
References
- Baroni Urbani, C. 1968e. Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. IV. La fauna mirmecologica delle isole Maltesi ed il suo significato ecologico e biogeografico. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. "Giacomo Doria" 77: 408-559 (page 480, worker, queen, male described)
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 229, Combination in Lepisiota)
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Santschi, F. 1917d. Acantholepis Frauenfeldi Mayr et ses variétés. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 8: 42-48 (page 42, worker, queen described)