Lepisiota dhofara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2022, Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography, European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1), pp. 1-106 : 27

Lepisiota dhofara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Fig. 17

Lepisiota dhofara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 366 (w) Oman. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Color dark brown, appendages pale; propodeal spines long and curved; head and mesosoma densely sculptured and completely opaque; first and second gastral tergites with a few pairs of long setae located at posterior margins of tergites.

Material examined

OMAN • 1 w (without antennae); unknown locality (supposedly Dhofar Governorate); specimen code 39; C.A. Collingwood leg.; CASENT0906340; WMLC .

Ecological and biological notes

Nothing has been published on ecology of this species.

Geographic range

Lepisiota dhofara was described from Dhofar Governorate and is apparently endemic to Oman.

Figures

Fig. 17. Lepisiota dhofara Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, paratype, worker (CASENT0906340, AntWeb.org (Estella Ortega)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.