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Antennae 11 segmented; propodeum armed with a pair of spines, teeth, or tubercles; the dorsal edge of petiole armed with a pair of teeth or spines but sometimes only emarginated; acidopore well-developed (
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List of the Indian species of 
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(
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(
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<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA4888CFC5A951CCEC4" box="[192,369,970,996]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota layla</emphasis>
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(
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<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3EFFA4888CFBAA9629C975" authority="(Forel, 1894)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[192,580,1082,1109]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="modesta">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA4888CFBAA95F6C974" box="[192,411,1082,1108]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota modesta</emphasis>
(
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)
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<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3EFFA4888CFBF1964BC95A" authority="(Forel, 1892)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[192,550,1119,1146]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="opaca">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA4888CFBF19510C959" box="[192,381,1120,1145]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota opaca</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF864B3D1F3EFFA489C2FBCE9676C959" author="Forel A." box="[398,539,1119,1145]" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique." pageId="4" pageNumber="4" pagination="1 - 6" part="36" refId="ref12791" refString="Forel A. 1892. Notes myrmecologiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique. 36: 1 - 6." title="Notes myrmecologiques" type="journal article" year="1892">Forel, 1892</bibRefCitation>
)
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3EFFA4888CFB149621C9BF" blockId="4.[192,793,783,1407]" box="[192,588,1157,1183]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3EFFA4888CFB149621C9BF" authority="(Forel, 1892)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[192,588,1157,1183]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA4888CFB1495CEC9BF" box="[192,419,1157,1183]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota pulchella</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF864B3D1F3EFFA489F8FB14962CC9BF" author="Forel A." box="[436,577,1157,1183]" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique." pageId="4" pageNumber="4" pagination="1 - 6" part="36" refId="ref12791" refString="Forel A. 1892. Notes myrmecologiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique. 36: 1 - 6." title="Notes myrmecologiques" type="journal article" year="1892">Forel, 1892</bibRefCitation>
)
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3EFFA4888CFB3A967BC9E4" blockId="4.[192,793,783,1407]" box="[192,534,1194,1220]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3EFFA4888CFB3A95C5C9E4" authority="Harshana &amp; Dey, 2022" authorityName="Harshana &amp; Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[192,424,1195,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pusaensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA4888CFB3A95C5C9E4" box="[192,424,1195,1220]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota pusaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA489FDFB3B967BC9E4" bold="true" box="[433,534,1194,1220]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25057A51F3EFFA489FDFB3B967BC9E4" box="[433,534,1194,1220]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3EFFA4888CFB419629C9CA" blockId="4.[192,793,783,1407]" box="[192,580,1231,1258]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3EFFA4888CFB419629C9CA" authority="(Forel, 1894)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[192,580,1231,1258]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rothneyi">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA4888CFB4195F6C9C9" box="[192,411,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota rothneyi</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF864B3D1F3EFFA489E0FB5E9654C9C9" author="Forel A." box="[428,569,1231,1257]" journalOrPublisher="Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society." pageId="4" pageNumber="4" pagination="396 - 420" part="8" refId="ref12813" refString="Forel A. 1894. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part IV. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 8: 396 - 420." title="Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part IV" type="journal article" year="1894">Forel, 1894</bibRefCitation>
)
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3EFFA4888CFB649654C82F" blockId="4.[192,793,783,1407]" box="[192,569,1269,1295]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3EFFA4888CFB6495A1C82E" authority="Harshana &amp; Dey, 2022" authorityName="Harshana &amp; Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[192,460,1269,1294]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="satpuraensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA4888CFB6495A1C82E" box="[192,460,1269,1294]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota satpuraensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA48999FB649654C82F" bold="true" box="[469,569,1269,1295]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25057A51F3EFFA48999FB649654C82F" box="[469,569,1269,1295]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3EFFA4888CFA8A965DC814" blockId="4.[192,793,783,1407]" box="[192,560,1306,1332]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3EFFA4888CFA8A965DC814" authority="(Forel, 1892)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[192,560,1306,1332]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA4888CFA8A95EAC814" box="[192,391,1307,1332]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota sericea</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF864B3D1F3EFFA489D4FA8B9648C814" author="Forel A." box="[408,549,1306,1332]" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique." pageId="4" pageNumber="4" pagination="1 - 6" part="36" refId="ref12791" refString="Forel A. 1892. Notes myrmecologiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique. 36: 1 - 6." title="Notes myrmecologiques" type="journal article" year="1892">Forel, 1892</bibRefCitation>
)
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3EFFA4888CFAD19594C879" blockId="4.[192,793,783,1407]" box="[192,505,1343,1369]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3EFFA4888CFAD195E1C879" authority="Harshana &amp; Dey, 2022" authorityName="Harshana &amp; Dey" authorityYear="2022" box="[192,396,1343,1369]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wilsoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA4888CFAD195E1C879" box="[192,396,1343,1369]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota wilsoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA489D9FAAE9594C879" bold="true" box="[405,505,1343,1369]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25057A51F3EFFA489D9FAAE9594C879" box="[405,505,1343,1369]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3EFFA4888CFAF4961EC85F" blockId="4.[192,793,783,1407]" box="[192,627,1380,1407]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3EFFA4888CFAF4961EC85F" authority="(Forel, 1902)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1902" box="[192,627,1380,1407]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wroughtonii">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA4888CFAF495A7C85E" box="[192,458,1380,1406]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota wroughtonii</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF864B3D1F3EFFA48997FAF59605C85F" author="Forel A." box="[475,616,1380,1407]" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique." pageId="4" pageNumber="4" pagination="284 - 296" part="46" refId="ref12877" refString="Forel A. 1902. Varietes myrmecologiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique. 46: 284 - 296." title="Varietes myrmecologiques" type="journal article" year="1902">Forel, 1902</bibRefCitation>
)
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<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3EFFA4888CFA2195A4C8CF" blockId="4.[192,1123,1455,1519]" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
Key to the workers of Indian species of 
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3EFFA48AFBFA21978DC8E9" authority="Santschi, 1926" authorityName="Santschi" authorityYear="1926" box="[695,992,1455,1481]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3EFFA48AFBFA219749C8E9" box="[695,804,1456,1481]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Lepisiota</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF864B3D1F3EFFA48B62FA3E978DC8E9" author="Santschi F." box="[814,992,1455,1481]" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France." pageId="4" pageNumber="4" pagination="13 - 28" part="95" refId="ref13237" refString="Santschi F. 1926. Trois notes myrmecologiques. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France. 95: 13 - 28." title="Trois notes myrmecologiques" type="journal article" year="1926">Santschi, 1926</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(based on 
<bibRefCitation id="EF864B3D1F3EFFA4888CFA4495D3C8CF" author="Wachkoo AA &amp; Bharti H &amp; Akbar SA" box="[192,446,1493,1519]" journalOrPublisher="Bonn Zoological Bulletin." pageId="4" pageNumber="4" pagination="227 - 245" part="70" refId="ref13395" refString="Wachkoo AA, Bharti H, Akbar SA. 2021. Taxonomic review of the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from India. Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 70 (2): 227 - 245." title="Taxonomic review of the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) from India" type="journal article" year="2021">Wachkoo et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
)
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1. Antennal scape long, surpassing posterior margin of head by about half of its length or more (
<figureCitation id="132C2A491F3EFFA48A58F9AE961DCB7A" box="[532,624,1599,1626]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="19.[192,257,1090,1113]" captionTargetBox="[194,1119,141,1057]" captionTargetId="figure-136@19.[193,1123,140,1059]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figure 5A–F. Workers of Lepisiota annandalei (A–C), Lepisiota bipartita (D–F). A, D, body in profile view; B, E, body in dorsal view; C, F, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152944" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152944/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Figs 5E</figureCitation>
, 
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)........................................................... 2
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<keyLead id="30E695F91F3EFFA48893F9F49009CB84" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">
–. Antennal scape short, surpassing posterior margin of head by a third of its length or less (
<figureCitation id="132C2A491F3EFFA48990F91B965BCB84" box="[476,566,1674,1700]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="30.[193,258,1000,1023]" captionTargetBox="[194,1121,143,962]" captionTargetId="figure-154@30.[193,1123,140,968]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="Figure 8A–F. Syntype worker (AntWeb: CASENT0909893, photographed by Zach Lieberman) of Lepisiota opaca (A–C), worker of Lepisiota pulchella (D–F). A, D, body in profile view; B, E, body in dorsal view; C, F, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152950" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152950/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="4">Fig. 8C</figureCitation>
).......................................................................... 4
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<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3FFFA58893FF1C9009CDED" blockId="5.[220,1124,141,1736]" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">
<keyLead id="30E695F91F3FFFA58893FF1C9009CDED" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">
2. Bicoloured species; head and gaster dark brown to black while mesosoma reddish-brown (
<figureCitation id="132C2A491F3FFFA58A58FF2396FDCDED" box="[532,656,178,205]" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="19.[192,257,1090,1113]" captionTargetBox="[194,1119,141,1057]" captionTargetId="figure-136@19.[193,1123,140,1059]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figure 5A–F. Workers of Lepisiota annandalei (A–C), Lepisiota bipartita (D–F). A, D, body in profile view; B, E, body in dorsal view; C, F, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152944" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152944/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">Fig. 5D–F</figureCitation>
)............................ 
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<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3FFFA58B26FF239791CDEC" bold="true" box="[874,1020,177,204]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">L. bipartita</emphasis>
(Smith)
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<keyLead id="30E695F91F3FFFA58890FF499009CDD1" box="[220,1124,215,242]" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">–. Uniformly dark-brown or black-brown species..................................... 3</keyLead>
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<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3FFFA58893FF6C900ECC42" blockId="5.[220,1124,141,1736]" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">
<keyLead id="30E695F91F3FFFA58893FF6C900ECC42" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">
3. Dark brown species; petiolar scale with distinctly angular sides, dorsally emarginate with teeth-like apical corners (
<figureCitation id="132C2A491F3FFFA58BC0FEB39787CC1C" box="[908,1002,290,316]" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="26.[192,257,996,1019]" captionTargetBox="[194,1122,141,962]" captionTargetId="figure-156@26.[193,1123,140,964]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="Figure 7A–F. Workers of Lepisiota integra (A–C), Lepisiota layla (D–F). A, D, body in profile view; B, E, body in dorsal view; C, F, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152948" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152948/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">Fig. 7A</figureCitation>
)............... .......................................................................................... 
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3FFFA58BCFFED9900ECC42" authority="(Forel)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1894" box="[899,1123,327,354]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="integra">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3FFFA58BCFFED9906FCC41" bold="true" box="[899,1026,327,354]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">L. integra</emphasis>
(Forel)
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<paragraph id="8BA836CC1F3FFFA58893FEFC900ECCF2" blockId="5.[220,1124,141,1736]" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">
<keyLead id="30E695F91F3FFFA58893FEFC900ECCF2" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">
–. Black-brown species; petiolar scale with smoothly curved sides, dorsally rounded and narrow, without teeth (
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, Figs 35–36) ............................................................................................ 
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3FFFA58BC2FE29900ECCF2" ID-CoL="3TFGN" authority="(Forel)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[910,1123,439,466]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericea">
<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3FFFA58BC2FE29906BCCF1" bold="true" box="[910,1030,439,466]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">L. sericea</emphasis>
(Forel)
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4. Bicoloured species (
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, 
<figureCitation id="132C2A491F3FFFA58A21FE4C9611CCD7" box="[621,636,477,503]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="30.[193,258,1000,1023]" captionTargetBox="[194,1121,143,962]" captionTargetId="figure-154@30.[193,1123,140,968]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="Figure 8A–F. Syntype worker (AntWeb: CASENT0909893, photographed by Zach Lieberman) of Lepisiota opaca (A–C), worker of Lepisiota pulchella (D–F). A, D, body in profile view; B, E, body in dorsal view; C, F, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152950" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152950/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">8</figureCitation>
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–. Uniformly dark brown to black species (
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, 
<figureCitation id="132C2A491F3FFFA58BC6FD9297A2CF3D" box="[906,975,515,541]" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="26.[192,257,996,1019]" captionTargetBox="[194,1122,141,962]" captionTargetId="figure-156@26.[193,1123,140,964]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="Figure 7A–F. Workers of Lepisiota integra (A–C), Lepisiota layla (D–F). A, D, body in profile view; B, E, body in dorsal view; C, F, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152948" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152948/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">7D–F</figureCitation>
) ............. 10
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5. Body shiny to subopaque; weakly sculptured (
<figureCitation id="132C2A491F3FFFA58B76FDB697CFCF61" box="[826,930,551,577]" captionStart-0="Figure 1" captionStart-1="Figure 2" captionStart-2="Figure 3" captionStartId-0="7.[192,257,1643,1666]" captionStartId-1="10.[192,257,1643,1666]" captionStartId-2="14.[192,257,1759,1782]" captionTargetBox-0="[243,1072,191,1610]" captionTargetBox-1="[196,1120,141,1610]" captionTargetBox-2="[218,1096,142,1726]" captionTargetId-0="figure-3@7.[241,1074,140,1612]" captionTargetId-1="figure-3@10.[193,1123,140,1612]" captionTargetId-2="figure-3@14.[217,1098,140,1728]" captionTargetPageId-0="7" captionTargetPageId-1="10" captionTargetPageId-2="14" captionText-0="Figure 1A–C. Lepisiota binghami sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." captionText-1="Figure 2A–C. Lepisiota pusaensis sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." captionText-2="Figure 3A–C. Lepisiota satpuraensis sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152935" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152938" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152940" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/7152935/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/7152938/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/7152940/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">Figs 1–3</figureCitation>
)...................... 6
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–. Body dull; coarsely sculptured (
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) ..................................................... 8
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6. Body with scanty pilosity; posterior margin of head with 2–3 erect setae, dorsum of pronotum with 2–4 long erect setae, mesonotum with 1–2 erect setae, metanotum lacks erect setae and propodeum with 0–1 erect setae (
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<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3FFFA58B2CFD739797CFDC" bold="true" box="[864,1018,737,764]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">L. binghami</emphasis>
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–. Body with abundant pilosity; posterior margin of head with 4–5 erect setae or more, dorsum of pronotum with more than 10 long erect setae, mesonotum with four or more erect setae, metanotum with two or more erect setae, and propodeum with 4–6 or more erect setae (
<figureCitation id="132C2A491F3FFFA58C7DFCE69548CE97" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="10.[192,257,1643,1666]" captionTargetBox="[196,1120,141,1610]" captionTargetId="figure-3@10.[193,1123,140,1612]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Figure 2A–C. Lepisiota pusaensis sp. nov. (Holotype worker). A, body in profile view; B, body in dorsal view; C, head in full-face view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7152938" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7152938/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">Figs 2A</figureCitation>
, 
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7. Smaller species (HL 0.58–0.59, WL 0.83–0.85); body with appressed pubescence (
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)......................... ......................... 
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<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3FFFA58B2DFC799796C921" bold="true" box="[865,1019,999,1026]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">L. pusaensis</emphasis>
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–. Larger species (HL 0.80–0.83, WL 1.12–1.21); body with semi-erect pubescence (
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).............................................. 
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<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3FFFA58B77FBA39797C96C" bold="true" box="[827,1018,1074,1100]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">L. satpuraensis</emphasis>
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8. Head reticulate-striate; propodeal spines blunt, directed backward; petiole dorsally emarginated (
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, Fig. 39)................... ....................................................................................... 
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<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3FFFA58B3CFB339068C99C" bold="true" box="[880,1029,1186,1212]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">L. fergusoni</emphasis>
(Forel)
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<keyLead id="30E695F91F3FFFA588A8FB599009C827" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">–. Head reticulate-punctate; propodeal spines pointed, directed upward; petiole dorsally bispinose........................................................................... 9</keyLead>
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9. Gaster smooth and shiny (
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)................................ 
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–. Gaster microreticulate and subopaque (
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)............................... .............................................................................. 
<taxonomicName id="4C174D4F1F3FFFA58B2CFACC9009C857" authority="(Forel)" baseAuthorityName="Forel" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[864,1124,1372,1399]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lepisiota" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pulchella">
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<keyLead id="30E695F91F3FFFA58893FA13900EC8E1" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">10. Propodeal spines indistinct; gastral pilosity restricted to few pairs of black setae on the posterior margin of tergites .................................... 11</keyLead>
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11. Pronotum without setae; body sparsely pubescent, shiny (
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, Fig. 32)...................................................... 
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<emphasis id="B963EADE1F3FFFA58B36F9F39068CB5C" bold="true" box="[890,1029,1633,1660]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="5">L. rothneyi</emphasis>
(Forel)
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–. Pronotum with few short setae; body fairly pubescent, opaque (
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, Fig. 38).................................................... 
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12. Body abundantly covered with long, erect white setae (
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)..... ............................................................ 
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–. Body covered with usual short erect setae (
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, 
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13. Petiole dorsally emarginated without distinct teeth or spines; scanty mesosomal setae (
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)............................ 
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14. Head and pronotum smooth and shiny; propodeal spines as two broad-based blunt tubercles (
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, Figs 22–23)............ ......................................................................................... 
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15. Head and mesosoma microreticulate with feeble striations (
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); propodeal spines blunt (
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)............ ............ 
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16. Antennal scape with sparse appressed to decumbent pubescence; mesosomal setae sparse; smaller species (HW 0.51–0.57)....................... ......................................................................................... 
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–. Antennal scape with dense subdecumbent to suberect pubescence; mesosomal setae abundant; larger species (HW 0.60–0.69) (
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, Figs 19–21).................. 
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