Lepisiota pulchella

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Sri Lanka. Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * . Acantholepis opaca r. pulchella Forel, 1892a: 43 (diagnosis in key) (w.) INDIA (Maharashtra).
 * Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 172; Bingham, 1903: 318; Wu, J. & Wang, 1995: 129; Zhou, 2001b: 168.
 * Subspecies of opaca: Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 172 (footnote); Forel, 1894c: 414; Forel, 1895e: 458; Emery, 1925b: 27; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 228; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 34; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 28.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bharti H., Y. P. Sharma, M. Bharti, and M. Pfeiffer. 2013. Ant species richness, endemicity and functional groups, along an elevational gradient in the Himalayas. Asian Myrmecology 5: 79-101.
 * Cheng D., Z. Chen, and S. Zhou. 2015. An analysis on the ant fauna of Jinzhongshan Nature Reserve in Gunagxi, China. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 33(3): 129.137.
 * Dad J. M., S. A. Akbar, H. Bharti, and A. A. Wachkoo. 2019. Community structure and ant species diversity across select sites ofWestern Ghats, India. Acta Ecologica Sinica 39: 219–228.