Lepisiota frauenfeldi aegyptiaca

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Egypt, Israel.

Nomenclature

 *  aegyptiaca. Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. aegyptiaca Finzi, 1936: 184, fig. 9 (w.) EGYPT. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 226.

Description
Length 2.3 mm.

The worker of this species is distinguished from typical Lepisiota frauenfeldi from Dalmatia in that the anterolateral head is less converging anteriorly and narrower so as to be just one quarter of the width of the pronotum. In L. frauenfeldi (s.s.) the head is rather oval while in aegyptiaca it is more elongate anteriorly. The dorsum of the scale is weakly sculptured, much less than in the typical form of the species. Otherwise both are similar in color and in sculpture and gloss of the integument, in distribution of the pilosity and in the form of the pronotum ("chest"). (Finzi, 1936)