Lepisiota curta (Emery)

Type location Somalia (Acantholepis curta n. sp., Emery, 1897e: 603, illustrated, worker) - see below

Worker only described .

Emery's (1897e) description is on . Note the reference given by Emery should have read p 527 and not "p 257". That was simply a record of occurrence by name only (as A. capensis).

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905151

Oxford University Museum specimens

Lepisiota curta B Taylor det.	Sudan A Omer S 2-7	2005-6 Dinder 11°21' N 35°02' E	Dinder (Aldinder) National Park Centre, along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary	2
Lepisiota curta B Taylor det.	Sudan A Omer 2009.07	2009 Sennar 13°33' N 33°37' E		1
Lepisiota curta B Taylor det.	Sudan Z Mahmoud 2009-26	Abbasiya 12°1'9.01" N 27°58'3.17" E	Hand collected	2
Lepisiota curta B Taylor det.	Sudan Z Mahmoud 2009-69	14.iii.2009 Al Gedarf 14°66'37.54" N 35°34'36.65" E	Hand collected	1
Lepisiota curta B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 370	12.x.2001 Khordonia 11°51' N 34°15' E	Damazine Plantation, Blue Nile pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal	3
Lepisiota curta B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 283	1.vii2001 Khordonia 11°51' N 34°15' E	Damazine Plantation, Blue Nile pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal	1
Lepisiota curta B Taylor det.	Sudan A Omer S 1-11	2005-6 South Sudan	Umdaldal	1
Lepisiota curta B Taylor det.	Sudan Awatif Omer 29	2012 Dinder NP 11° N 35° E		2
Lepisiota curta B Taylor det.	Sudan Awatif Omer 33	2012 Dinder NP 11° N 35° E		1

The photomontage is of a specimen from Sudan, Sennar, 13°33'N 033°37'E , collector Awatif Omer, 2009.7.

The photomontage is of a specimen from Sudan, collected by J Mathews, by pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal Khordonia, Damazine Plantation, Blue Nile, 11°51' N 34°15' E, 12.x.2001, JM 370, 24.x.2001, 3 workers, very many unmounted.

The photomontage is of a specimen from South Sudan, Umdaldal 1; collector Awatif Omer, 2006, Sudan 11.