Lepisiota rothneyi watsonii

Distribution
Wachkoo et al. (2021) - Bharti et al. (2016) include distribution of this species in India based on Wheeler (1921). However, Wheeler (1921) does not mention its distribution in India and it is therefore excluded from the known Indian fauna.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Myanmar. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  watsonii. Plagiolepis rothneyi r. watsonii Forel, 1894c: 416 (w.) MYANMAR.
 * Combination in Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis): Emery, 1925b: 23;
 * combination in Anacantholepis: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 213;
 * combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 229.
 * Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 322; Collingwood, 1970: 379.
 * Subspecies of rothneyi: Santschi, 1920h: 172; Wheeler, W.M. 1921c: 542; Santschi, 1924c: 112; Emery, 1925b: 23; Wheeler, W.M. 1930h: 74; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 213; Bolton, 1995b: 229; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 34; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 28.

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.
 * Forel A. 1894. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part IV. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 8: 396-420.
 * Hua Li-zhong. 2006. List of Chinese insects Vol. IV. Pages 262-273. Sun Yat-sen university Press, Guangzhou. 539 pages.
 * Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
 * Ogata K. 2005. Asian ant inventory and international networks. Report on Insect inventory Project in Tropic Asia TAIIV: 145-170.
 * Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2012. Checklist of chinese ants: formicomorph subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) II. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 30(4): 81-91.
 * Santschi F. 1920. Fourmis d'Indo-Chine. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 60: 158-176.
 * Santschi F. 1924. Fourmis d'Indochine. Opuscules de l'Institut Scientifique de l'Indochine 3: 95-117
 * Thapa V. K. 2000. An Inventory of Nepal's Insects, Vol. III. IUCN Nepal, Kathmandu, xi + 475 pp.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1930. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5: 53-81.