Protonym: Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. transcaspiensis
Authorship Santschi, 1917d: 43
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality TURKMENISTAN
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”). Primary type locality: Turkmenistan: vic. Ashgabat, steppe nr Mill of Borodin, no. 1685 (W. Karawajew). Primary type depositories: NHMB, SIZK. Primary type specimen: CASENT0917873.
Type notes 1) This taxon is based on specimens of Lepisiota bipartita Smith, 1861a, sensu Karavaiev, 1911a: 44, misidentification. 2) Radchenko et al., 2025: 471, cite 5 syntype workers in SIZK. They also cite 3 male, 1 queen syntypes in SIZK, castes not cited in the original description.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Acantholepis frauenfeldi transcaspiensis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Lepisiota frauenfeldi transcaspiensis (Santschi, 1917)
Original combination
Lepisiota frauenfeldi transcaspiensis Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Lepisiota semenovi (Ruzsky, 1905)