Lepisiota Sudan JM073
  Type location Sudan
Head
near rectangular, with a narrow profile; clypeus with an obtuse median
carina; eye ovoid weakly convex (0.37 X length of side of head);
scapes surpass occiput by about 0.25 their own length; propodeum dorsum
flat with angle to declivity the angle without spines but terminating
in the propodeal spiracle; petiole scale profile quite narrow, with a
sharp apex, very weakly
bispinose, unusually narrow seen from above; almost no erect
hairs except apical row of very short hairs on each gaster segment;
colour mahogany; clypeus distinctively lighter.
TL ca 2.2 mm, HL 0.50, HW 0.45, CI 82, SL 0.46, SI 111,
PW 0.30, eye
length 0.18
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Lepisiota Sudan JM073
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM 040
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18.x.2000
Kordofan
11°21' N
34°27' E
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El Ain near El Obeid
pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal
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2
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Lepisiota Sudan JM073
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
J Mathews
JM 073
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23.x.2000
Kordofan
11°21' N
34°27' E
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El Ain near El Obeid
pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal
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2
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Lepisiota Sudan JM073
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM 074
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23.x.2000
Kordofan
11°21' N
34°27' E
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El Ain near El Obeid
pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal
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2
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Lepisiota Sudan JM073
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM 084
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24.x.2000
Kordofan
11°21' N
34°27' E
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El Ain near El Obeid
pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal
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2
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Lepisiota Sudan JM073
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM 087
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25.x.2000
Kordofan
11°21' N
34°27' E
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El Ain near El Obeid
pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal
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2
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Lepisiota Sudan JM073
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM 091
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25.x.2000
Kordofan
11°21' N
34°27' E
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El Ain near El Obeid
pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal
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2
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Lepisiota Sudan JM073
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
J Mathews
JM 096 |
25.x.2000
Kordofan
11°21' N
34°27' E |
El Ain near El Obeid
pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal |
2
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 The photomontage is of a worker from Sudan,
collected by J Mathews, by pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal [Acacia senegal],
Kordofan, El Ain, ca 12°56' N 30°35' E, 23.x.2000, JM 073; all
specimens from the same location (8
trees dates 18-25.x.2000).
Head
near rectangular, with a narrow profile; clypeus with an obtuse median
carina; eye ovoid weakly convex (0.37 X length of side of head);
petiole scale profile quite narrow, with a sharp apex, very weakly
bispinose, unusually narrow seen from above; mahogany, almost no erect
hairs except a few very short on gaster
May not be foreli but
generally matches description, small size and colour, here somewhat
darker red-brown, alitrunk narrow in dorsal view; scapes may be longer
than foreli; limited numbers
of pale specimens (callows?), distinctive dull appearance of propodeum
TL ca 2.2 mm, HL 0.50, HW 0.45, CI 82, SL 0.46, SI 111,
PW 0.30, eye
length 0.18
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 The photomontage is of a worker from Sudan,
collected by J Mathews, by pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal
in semi-natural forest,
Abu Gmein, Blue Nile, 11°21' N 34°27' E; 21.x.2001, JM 084; one
specimen.
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