• Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
• Subspecies of Lepisiota carbonaria: Wheeler, 1922: 938; Emery, 1925d: 24; Finzi, 1939a: 159.
• Status as species: Collingwood, 1985: 296; Bolton, 1995b: 228; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 368; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 40; Borowiec, 2014: 95; Sharaf et al., 2016: 10 (in key); Madl, 2019: 14; Sharaf et al., 2020: 133 (in key); Sharaf et al., 2022: 31.

Obsolete combinations

• Acantholepis carbonaria obtusa

Citations

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• Sharaf, M.R.; Aldawood, A.S.; Mohamed, A.A.; Hita Garcia, F. 2020. The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species, Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identification key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 76:127-152. 10.3897/jhr.76.50193 PDF
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