The Ants of Africa
Genus Lepisiota
Lepisiota capitata (Forel)

Petiole with no more than denticles

Clothed with long brown or yellowish fine hairs, near circular heads

Lepisiota capitata (Forel)

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Zaïre (Acantholepis capitata n. sp., Forel, 1913b: 338, worker) collected at Sankisia, by J. Bequaert

Worker only .

Forel's (1913b) description is at {original description}.

{Lepisiota capitata}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909879.
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