Lepisiota xichangensis

Identification
This species resembles Lepisiota capensis, but differs from it in the short body, the dull (not shiny) head, the sides of the mesosoma with longitudinal striation and the upper margin of the petiolar node with only two short spines.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  xichangensis. Acantholepis xichangensis Wu & Wang, 1995: 130, figs. 226, 227 (w.) CHINA. Combination in Lepisiota: new combination (unpublished).