Acantholepis frauenfeldi splendens

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Lepisiota nigra.

Nomenclature

 * splendens. Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. splendens Karavaiev, 1912b: 586 (w.q.) GREECE.
 * Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
 * Subspecies of frauenfeldi: Santschi, 1917d: 47 (in key); Emery, 1925b: 25; Finzi, 1928c: 791; Finzi, 1936: 186.
 * Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 281 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 228; Lapeva-Gjonova, et al. 2010: 35; Legakis, 2011: 25; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 509; Borowiec, L. 2014: 96.
 * Junior synonym of nigra: Salata & Borowiec, L., 2018: 20.