Medd. Goeteborgs Mus. Zool., III, p. 36.
Ocelles bien developpes (1) et variabilite assez grande de la taille; ecaille mousse inerme. Epinotum faiblement anguleux. Especes d'Asie.
Acantholepis Mayr , 1861: Europ. Formicid.42.Wien.
Lepisiota Santschi, 1926: Bolton, 1994, Identification guide to the ant genera of the world 222pp.
Type-species: Hypoclinea frauenfeldi Mayr , 1855: Verh. Zool Bot. Ges. Wien. 5:378.
This genus has been known as Acantholepis Mayr ,1861 for about 130 years but this name is a junior homonym of Acantholepis Krayr , 1846. Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 is the first available replacement name (Bolton, 1994). The new combination was then designated by Bolton five years later in the new general catalogue of the ants of the world (Bolton 1995).
Distribution: Palaearctic, Ethiopian & Oriental regions.
Lepisiota is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.[3]
Lepisiota is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
