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Species: Lepisiota capensis

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Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Lepisiota

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

13 subspecies

Acantholepis capensis Mayr, 1862 PDF: 699 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Mayr, 1865: 57 (m.); Emery, 1877: 366 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1980 PDF: 542 (l.).

Combination in Lepisiota: Xu, 1994c: 233.

Current subspecies: nominal plus Lepisiota capensis acholli, Lepisiota capensis anceps, Lepisiota capensis guineensis, Lepisiota capensis issore, Lepisiota capensis junodi, Lepisiota capensis laevis, Lepisiota capensis lunaris, Lepisiota capensis minuta, Lepisiota capensis simplex, Lepisiota capensis simplicoides, Lepisiota capensis specularis, Lepisiota capensis subopaciceps, Lepisiota capensis thoth.

See also: Bingham, 1903 PDF: 316; Arnold, 1920a PDF: 568.

Distribution:

Reference for Kenya if not type: Forel 1907g

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 4 times found in grassland, 2 times found in coastal scrub, 1 times found in fynbos

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 1 times MW 25 sample transect, 5m, 1 times winkler

Elevations: collected from 20 - 1550 meters, 979 meters average

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