Lepisiota integrisquama

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran in a low to very low rainfall forest.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iran, Kazakhstan.

Nomenclature

 *  integrisquama. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. integrisquama Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 486, fig. 8 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN.
 * Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227.
 * Junior synonym of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 227.
 * Status as species: Pashaei Rad et al., 2018: 6

Taxonomic Notes
Pashaei Rad et al. (2018): Type location Kazakhstan, no type images but type drawings. Original name Acantholepis frauenfeldi integrisquama Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929: placed as a junior synonym of Lepisiota semenovi by Dlussky, Soyunov, and Zabelin (1990). This has a slightly different shaped head in full-face view, a near straight upper margin to the petiole and quite abundant erect hairs on the dorsal alitrunk.

Note that Bolton (in his unpublished An online catalogue of the ants of the world, 15 Feb. 2020) does not recognise the species status proposed by Pashaei Rad et al.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."