Lepisiota gracilicornis (Forel)
  Type location Yemen (Acantholepis
gracilicornis n. sp., Forel, 1892a: 42, in key, worker; Emery,
1893f: 257, queen) collected at Aden by Dr F. Ris - see below
race abdominalis
(Acantholepis gracilicornis
Forel, r. abdominalis, n.
st., Forel, 1894b: 73, worker) from Ethiopia, collected at
Südabessinien by Ilg - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0909891
worker and queen only described  .
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Forel's (1892a) description is on  . Emery's (1893f) description of the queen
is on  . Forel's (1894b)
description of abdominalis is on  .
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 The photomontage of the
holotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0249898
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
M James
2001-08
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2001
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E
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St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m
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3
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
J Kugler
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16.ii.1981
Assuan
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1
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
J Kugler
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15.ix.1977
Sinai
Wadi Tineh |
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1
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
J Kugler |
24.iii.1969
Sinai
Wadi Natzeb
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1
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
A Omer
2009.15
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2009
Shendi
16°41' N
33°26' E
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Northern Sudan
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1
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
A Omer
2009.17
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2009
Afad
11°46'0" N
34°21'0" E
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South Ad Damazin
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2
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
A Omer
S 1-18
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2005-6
Port Sudan
19.5666667° N
37.2166667° E
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2
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
A Omer
S 2-2-2
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2005-6
Wad Medani
14.4 N
33.5333333 E |
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1
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
Z Mahmoud
2009-41
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Dinder
11°21' N
35°02' E |
(Aldinder) National
Park Centre along Sudan-Ethiopian Boundary
hand collected
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1
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
Awatif Omer
28
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2012
Dinder NP
11° N
35° E
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1
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
Awatif Omer
50
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2012
Al Musawart
16°32.66' N
33°46.71' E
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3
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
Awatif Omer
2013.02.45
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Kassala
15˚23'15" N
36˚19'44" E
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1
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
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 Acacia senegal
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1
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM IT6
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1.vii.2001
Khordonia
11°51' N
34°l;l;15' E
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Damazine Plantation,
Blue Nile
pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal
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1
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Senegal
Ferlo
B Ndiaye
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x.2010
Katané
15.48° N
14.08° W
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Katané X 2010 T4RM20
Sahelian savannah, pitfall traps
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4
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Lepisiota gracilicornis
B Taylor det.
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Yemen
J Batelka
ex P Hlavac
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12-14.xi.2010
Socotra
12°33.2' N
54°00.4' E
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1180-1230 m
Al Haghier Mts
Wadi Madar
4 workers & 1 male
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5
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 The
photomontage is of specimens collected in Sudan, at Port Sudan
by Awatif Omer.
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 The
photomontage is of specimens collected in Sudan, at Afad (South
Ad Damazin), 11°46'0"N 34°21'0"E, by Awatif Omer, 2009.
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Sudan,
collected by J Mathews, by pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal,
Kordofan, El Ain, ca 12°56' N 30°35' E; 18.x.2000, JM 040, 1 worker
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 The
photomontage is of a worker collected in the Sinai Desert, Egypt,
St Katherine protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains
above 1500m, in early 2001, by Mike James, a research student of
Francis Gilbert. Collingwood (1985) described the species as from the
Middle East, Arabia, "very long appendages, long thin alitrunk and
brilliantly shining integument", with antennal scapes twice as long as
head width. These Sinai specimens match Forel's original description
and the scapes surpass the occiput by 2/3 their own length, SI (i.e
SL/HW) = 240. It seems from this that the separation in Collingwood
& Agosti (1996) is wrong and, hence, their definition of a separate
species, Lepisiota riyadha is questionable. What seems to be
true is that the species shows variable worker size within the same
colony.
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Senegal,
Katané; collector B Ndiaye (Katané X 2010 T4RM20).
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 The
photomontage is of specimens from Yemen, Socotra Island,
Al Haghier Mts., wadi Madar, 1180-1230 m, 12°33.2'N 54°00.4'E,
12-14.xi.2010, collected by J. Batelka (ex P. Hlavac). Previously
identified by me as Lepisiota spinisquama.
Noted by Collingwood & Agosti (1996: 369) as having
exceptionally long curved spines and "is apparently common on the
island of Socotra". See also . I strongly suspect their identification was incorrect, as L. spinisqama does not have very long spines on the propodeum or petiole.
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