Lepisiota karawaiewi

This species is limited to Central Asia (Borowiec & Salata, 2013).

Distribution
First recorded generally from the Balkan peninsula by Agosti and Collingwood (1987a), then recorded from Aegean Islands and Crete by Legakis (2011) based on unpublished check-lists of ants of Chios prepared by Taylor and Clee in 2008 and of Crete prepared by Collingwood in 1990. Legakis (2011) noted also its occurrence in Ionian Islands and Cyclades. In our opinion all records mentioned above are based on misinterpretations of other taxa of the frauenfeldti-nigra group. The true L. karawaiewi occurs only in Central Asia, further records from Kuwait and United Arab Emirates also need confirmation. (Borowiec & Salata, 2013.)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuwait.

Nomenclature

 *  karawaiewi. Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. karawaiewi Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 483 (w.q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN. [First available use of Acantholepis frauenfeldi st. melas var. karawaiewi Santschi, 1917d: 44; unavailable name.] Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 227. Raised to species: Pisarski, 1967: 410; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57. Junior synonym of semenovi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 163. Revived from synonymy: Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 366. [Note. This name sometimes misspelled as karawajewi.]

Taxonomic Notes
Taxonomic status of this taxon, as well as many other species of the genus Lepisiota, needs a detailed revision (Borowiec & Salata, 2012).