Three new species of the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Thailand
Author
Jarernkong, K.
Author
Kongmee, M.
Author
Pinkaew, N.
Author
Jaitrong, W.
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Far Eastern Entomologist
2023
2023-01-08
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http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.468.1
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Genus
Lepisiota
Santschi, 1926
Lepisiota
Santschi, 1926: 15
[as subgenus of
Acantholepis
].
Type-species:
Plagiolepis rothneyi
, by original designation.
Acantholepis
Mayr, 1861: 42
. Type-species:
Hypoclinea frauenfeldi
, by monotypy. (Junior homonym of
Acantholepis
Kroyer, 1846: 98
[Pisces]).
Achantilepis
Santschi, 1935b: 274, incorrect subsequent spelling of
Acantholepis
.
Pseudacantholepis
Bernard, 1953b: 256, attributed to Santschi (as subgenus of
Acantholepis
). Unavailable name. Proposed without designation of type-species. Species included by Bernard (1953b) are all referable to
Lepisiota
: Bolton, 1995b: 44
.
DIAGNOSIS OF WORKER. Antennae 11-segments, without antennal club; palp formula 6,4; mandibles subtriangular, masticatory margin with 5–6 teeth; eyes with over 100 ommatidia; antennal scrobes absent; pronotal spines absent; mesothorax reduced and slender; metathoracic spiracles in profile raised; propodeal spines dentiform (absent in some species); petiolar spines present or absent; worker monomorphic, a few species are size-variable to weakly polymorphic.