Lepisiota monardi

In Benin, Taylor et al. (2018) reports this species from mango (Mangifera indica) orchards and on Terminalia and Annona muricata trees. Nests are in soil or arboreal in hollow branches.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Angola, Benin, Guinea, Mali, Mali.

Nomenclature

 *  monardi. Acantholepis monardi Santschi, 1930b: 74, figs. 7, 8 (w.) ANGOLA. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228. Current subspecies: nominal plus australis (unresolved junior homonym).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Robertson H. G. 2000. Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Cimbebasia Memoir 9: 371-382.
 * Santschi, F.. "Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola." Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37 (1930): 53-81.
 * Taylor B., N. Agoinon, A. Sinzogan, A. Adandonon, Y. N'Da Kouagou, S. Bello, R. Wargui, F. Anato, I. Ouagoussounon, H. Houngbo, S. Tchibozo, R. Todjhounde, and J. F. Vayssieres. 2018. Records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Republic of Benin, with particular reference to the mango farm ecosystem. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 8(1): 006–029.
 * Taylor B., Z. A. Yefremova, V. D. Kravchenko, and G. C. Muller. 2016. The ants of Mali (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – a historical review and new records. Entomofauna 37(35): 545‐564.