Lepisiota arnoldi

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Lepisiota arnoldi (Forel, 1913) valid

Acantholepis arnoldi Forel, 1913a: 142 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Bulawayo (G. Arnold) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1922: 935; no lectotype designated), Zimbabwe (“Rhodesia”): Redbank (G. Arnold). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMUK. Primary type specimens: CASENT0903157, CASENT0909870.

Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 226.
Status as species: Arnold, 1920a: 563; Wheeler, 1922: 935; Emery, 1925d: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 226.

Obsolete combinations

Acantholepis arnoldi

Current subspecies (nominal plus)

L. a. mota (Santschi, 1937)

Citations

Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:403-578. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.

Extant: 1 valid subspecies

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