Lepisiota capensis specularis

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

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Lepisiota capensis specularis (Santschi, 1935) valid

Acantholepis laevior st. specularis [sic] Santschi, 1935a: 278 (w.) Note: laevior is a misspelling of Lepisiota capensis laevis. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 1 worker Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Ubangi (R.P. Zimmerman), 1 worker Democratic Republic of the Congo (“Congo belge”): Haut Uele, Moto, 1920 (L. Burgeon). Primary type depositories: MRAC, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0912374.

Combination in Acantholepis (Pseudacantholepis): Bernard, 1953b: 257.
Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
Subspecies of Lepisiota capensis laevis: Bernard, 1953b: 257.
Subspecies of Lepisiota capensis: Bolton, 1995b: 228.

Obsolete combinations

Acanthomyrmex laevis specularis

Citations

Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 27:254-285. PDF

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