Lepisiota simplex (Forel)
  Type location Somalia
(Acantholepis simplex n. sp., Forel, 1892a: 43, in key, worker;
Forel, 1892e: 350, queen & male; as ssp in Forel, 1907g: 86,
footnote; species status in Bingham, 1903: 317; Arnold, 1920a: 572; but
as species in later Forel papers and
Santschi, 1914d: 378) - see below
variety - simplicoides (Acantholepis
capensis Mayr var. simplicoides
n. var., Forel, 1907g:
86,
footnote, worker), from Lesotho - see below
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Forel (1892a) simply had - "as capensis, but
more
slender; mesonotum more narrowed; metanotum simply enlarged and angular
posteriorly; petiole scale feebly scalloped without teeth; very shiny
throughout, almost smooth and near glabrous (Prof. Keller).
Arnold (1920a) had - TL 2.4-2.8 mm; propodeum profile flat ? (type
concave); pilosity longer, finer and much more abundant than type;
metanotum and propodeum nitidulous; petiole scale without any sign of
teeth.
Forel's (1892e) description is at 
Forel's (1907g) description of simplicoides is
at  - "transitional to simplex";
Santschi (1914b: 125) in a key to the then known species, separated simplicoides
as having reduced protuberances on the propodeum and the petiole scale
scalloped but only weakly dentate
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The
photomontage of a syntype worker of simplex is collated from 
The
photomontage of a syntype worker of simplicoides is collated from