Lepisiota anceps (Forel) new status

Type location Zaïre (Acantholepis capensis Mayr v. anceps n. var, Forel, 1916: 438, worker)
worker only described .

Forel's (1916) brief description is at . WORKER - TL 2.4-2.7 mm; pilosity as on depilis; petiole scale and propodeum as with simplex; from Congo, collected by H Kohl, nesting in the ground.

The combination of characters, by extrapolation seems to be - [like simplex] metanotum [propodeum] simply enlarged and angular posteriorly; petiole scale feebly scalloped without teeth ; [like depilis] moderately abundant yellowish-white pilosity, pubescence sparse white appressed.

The photomontage of a type collection worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905156

Oxford University Museum specimens

Lepisiota anceps B Taylor det.

Nigeria Z Klein

21.iii.2006 not known

On yams imported into Israel

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The photomontage is of a specimen from Nigeria, found on imported yams in Israel, courtesy of Armin Ionescu, Tel Aviv University. This seems just different enough from Lepisiota obtusa to be anceps; i.e the wider head, etc. The general shape appears similar to the type collection worker shown above (June 2013) although the amount of pilosity and pubescence appears more abundant.