Lepisiota affinis

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Lepisiota affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Lepisiota
Species: L. affinis
Binomial name
Lepisiota affinis
(Santschi, 1937)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

See page of Afrotropical Lepisiota images of types linked to valid species and subspecies.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • affinis. Acantholepis affinis Santschi, 1937a: 63, figs. 13-15 (w.) KENYA. Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 226.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 226, Combination in Lepisiota)
  • Santschi, F. 1937a. Glanure de fourmis éthiopiennes. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 77: 47-66 (page 63, figs. 13-15 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Santschi F. 1937. Glanure de fourmis éthiopiennes. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belge 77: 47-66.