Lepisiota syriaca

Distribution
Records from Crete are probably misidentifications (Borowiec, 2014).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 *  syriaca. Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. syriaca André, 1881b: 61, pl. 3, fig. 8 (w.q.m.) SYRIA. Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980c: 521 (l.). Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228. Raised to species: Tohmé, H. & Tohmé, G. 1980c: 518. See also: Viehmeyer, 1922: 215.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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