Lepisiota hirsuta (Santschi)

Type location Kenya (Acantholepis capensis stirps hirsuta, Santschi, 1914b: 124, illustrated, worker, raised to species by Santschi, 1935a: 273) - see below
subspecies setosella (Santschi, 1935, not illustrated) from Zaïre, Boma, 9.ix.1920, H Schouteden - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912391
unavailable name elevata (Acantholepis capensis Mayr r. hirsuta Sant. v. elevata n. var., Forel, 1914d: 249, worker) from Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, 15.iii.1914, G Arnold - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0909875
worker only .

Santschi's (1914b) description is on . Forel's (1914d) description of elevata is on . A translation by Arnold (1920a) is at .

Santschi (1935a) had a record of the type from Basongo, Zaïre (Dr Schouteden, 15.vii.1921) and described setosella, from Boma and Kwamouth (Dr Schouteden; 8.x.1920 and vi.1921), plus Conga da Lemba (R. Mayné, x.1913).

Santschi's (1935a) description of setosella follows -
WORKER - TL 2.5-2.7 mm; differs from type by more shiny sculpturation. Propodeum less strongly reticulate, with sides of dorsum less divergent, angles slightly less prominent; otherwise as the East African hirsuta. He also implies the variety elevata Forel (noted by Bolton, 1995, as an unavailable name) probably was a subspecies of hirsuta rather than a distinct species.

Apart from minor differences in overall size, the two subspecies appear identical to the type (see Antweb links, above).

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912390

Oxford University Museum specimens

Lepisiota hirsuta B Taylor det.	Egypt M James 2002-01	2002 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m	4
Lepisiota hirsuta B Taylor det.	Egypt A Shepherd Alcohol E	2010 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m	i
Lepisiota hirsuta B Taylor det.	Egypt A Shepherd Nest 04	2010 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m	i
Lepisiota hirsuta B Taylor det.	Egypt A Shepherd Nest 05	2010 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m	i
Lepisiota hirsuta B Taylor det.	Egypt A Shepherd Nest 12	2010 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m	i
Lepisiota hirsuta B Taylor det.	Egypt A Shepherd Nest 16	2010 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m	i
Lepisiota hirsuta B Taylor det.	Egypt A Shepherd Other B	2010 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m	i
Lepisiota hirsuta B Taylor det.	Egypt A Shepherd Plant 69	2010 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m	i
Lepisiota hirsuta B Taylor det.	Egypt A Shepherd Plant 60	2010 Sinai 28°33' N 33°56' E	St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m	i

The photomontages are of workers collected in the Sinai Desert, Egypt, St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m, in early 2002, by Mike James, a research student of Francis Gilbert.

The photomontage is of a second worker

The photomontage is of a worker collected by Amy Shepherd (Sinai Other B).