Lepisiota arenaria

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - HW 0.68-0.69; SI 167-176. This elegant red species (Sharaf et al. 2020 notes the type material is a uniform dull yellow) was misidentified as Acantholepis longinoda (=Lepisiota longinoda) from Wahiba Sands in Collingwood (1985). The two species have similar morphological characteristics but L. longinoda is more sculptured.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Zimbabwe.

Nomenclature

 *  arenaria. Acantholepis arenaria Arnold, 1920a: 560, fig. 56 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 226.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
 * IZIKO South Africa Museum Collection
 * Lévieux J. 1972. Les fourmis de la savane de Lamto (Côte d'Ivoire): éléments de taxonomie. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A. Sciences Naturelles 34: 611-654.