Lepisiota lunaris

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

Nomenclature

 *  lunaris. Acantholepis lunaris Emery, 1893f: 250, pl. 6, fig. 12 (w.) SRI LANKA.
 * [Misspelled as lunaria by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 209.]
 * Imai, et al. 1984: 9 (k.).
 * Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
 * Subspecies of capensis: Forel, 1895e: 458; Forel, 1906b: 86; Forel, 1909e: 395; Emery, 1925b: 24; Menozzi, 1939a: 312; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 209; Bolton, 1995b: 228.
 * Status as species: Collingwood, 1970: 379.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Collingwood C.A. 1970. Formicidae (Hymenopter: Aculeata) of Nepal. Himalaya Khumbu Himal, 3: 371-388.
 * Emery C. 1893. Voyage de M. E. Simon à l'île de Ceylan (janvier-février 1892). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62: 239-258.
 * Forel A. 1909. Études myrmécologiques en 1909. Fourmis de Barbarie et de Ceylan. Nidification des Polyrhachis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 45: 369-407.
 * Menozzi C. 1939. Formiche dell'Himalaya e del Karakorum raccolte dalla Spedizione italiana comandata da S. A. R. il Duca di Spoleto (1929). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 78: 285-345.
 * Rasheed M. T., I. Bodlah, A. G. Fareen, A. A. Wachkoo, X. Huang, and S. A. Akbar. 2019. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Pakistan. Sociobiology 66(3): 426-439.
 * Thapa V. K. 2000. An Inventory of Nepal's Insects, Vol. III. IUCN Nepal, Kathmandu, xi + 475 pp.