Lepisiota carbonaria (Emery)
  Type location Somalia
(Acantholepis carbonaria n. sp., Emery, 1892a: 119, worker &
queen) Obbia, - see below
subspecies baumi (Acantholepis
carbonaria Em. subsp. Baumi
n. subsp., Forel, 1910e: 449, worker) from Angola, Mossamedes,
Baum & Van der Kellen - seehttp://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0909881
worker only
described  .
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Emery's (1892a) description is on  . Forel's (1910e) description of baumi
is on  .
From the key in Collingwood & Agosti (1996) -
Antennal scape surpassing occipital margin by less than one-third its
length; petiole with spines shorter than their basal width (cf incisa
with spines longer than intervening width); erect hairs on alitrunk
solely on pronotum; head and gaster sculptured. |
 The photomontage
of the type worker is collated
from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905149
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Lepisiota carbonaria
B Taylor det. |
Ethiopia
Serge Guiraud
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21.i.2010
Turmi
04°58' N
36°29' E
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10 h
hand collected
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1
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Lepisiota carbonaria
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
Z Mahmoud
2009-81
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31.iii.2010
Al Hafair
15°10'55.25" N
37°08'27.54"
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Hand collected
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3
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Ethiopia, Turmi; 04°58' N
36°29' E; 925 m; 21.i.2010; 10 h; collector Serge
Guiraud; hand collected; workers.
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 The
photomontage is of a specimen from Sudan, Abbasiya - 12°1'9.01"
N 27°58'3.17" E, collector Zuheir Mahmood, 2009, Sudan 38.
Head sub-ovoid; eyes near circular and weakly convex (ca
0.33 of length of side of head); quite thick petiole scale, with short
but distinct spines; erect hairs very short and sparse, yellowish (ca
0.08 mm long on gaster; ca 0.10 mm on alitrunk); completely dark
brown-black, shiny
TL ca 2.0-2.7 mm, CI 100, SI 133
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 The
photomontage of a worker from the BMNH collection, shown as carbonaria,
is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0906261.
A clear close match to the above specimen.
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