Lepisiota surchanica (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky)

frauenfeldi key

Iran list Type location Uzbekistan (Acantholepis frauenfeldi surchanica subsp. nov., Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 491, illustrated, worker) collected at Dehar-Kurgan, district Surchan-Darja, W. Ber. - no images on Antweb (September 2015)

Kuznetsov's (1929c) description is at .
Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, N.N. 1929. Die Gattung Acantholepis in Turkestan. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 82: 477-492.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Lepisiota surchanica B Taylor det.

Iran Torabi 14

04.v.2014 29.71691°N 52.44377°E 1699 m

Beheshti, Shiraz hand collected field, soil 11.33 h

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The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, Roshanak Torabi (14). Appears very similar to the type description.The fine surface sculpture and the petiole shape, notably the upper margin, seem diagnostic.