Lepisiota imperfecta (Santschi)
  Type location Zimbabwe
(Acantholepis imperfecta, Santschi, 1926a: 27, worker), Cloud
and Mobu Mountains, by Dr G Arnold, 6-17.iv.1923, 8 workers - see below
subspecies congolensis (Acantholepis
imperfecta Santschi var. congolensis
n.v., Santschi, 1935a: 278, worker) from Zaïre, collected at
Dolo, xi.1912, by F. Chaltin, one worker - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=rmcaent000017802
worker only described (see
Bolton, 1995)  .
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Santschi's (1926a) description is at  .
Santschi (1935a) described congolensis as
differing
from the type in having a slightly longer thorax, with the meso- and
metanotum with longitudinal rugae. The propodeum (?, I guess this may
have been gaster) was more strongly darkened after the first segment;
petiole peduncle reddish; funiculus segments 1 and 2 subequal, a little
longer than wide; remainder as type.
Bernard (1952) reported the finding of several workers
from
Mt. Nimba, Guinea, at Station T 180, 1300 m; adding that it was
known from Congo.
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 The photomontage of a
syntype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903158
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Lepisiota imperfecta
B Taylor det.
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM 234
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14.x.2001
Khordonia
11°51' N
34°15' E |
Blue Nile, Damazine
Plantation
Semi-natural forest
Canopy fogging of Acacia senegal
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Lepisiota imperfecta
B Taylor det. |
Sudan
J Mathews
JM 401
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20.x.2001
Abu Gmein
11°21' N
34°27' E
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Blue Nile
Canopy fogging of Acacia senegal
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2
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 The
photomontage is of a specimen from Sudan,
collected by J Mathews, by pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal.
Blue Nile, Khordonia, Damazine Plantation, 11°51' N 34°15' E;
30.vi.2001, JM 234; one
specimen mounted, numerous others
Head sub-square; eyes relatively large (ca 0.40 X length
of side of head) shallowly convex; petiole scale with a narrow profile,
as high as the propodeum declivity, weakly bispinose; erect pilosity
moderately abundant but distinctly shorter (ca 0.10 mm) than on L. albata and L. canescens.
TL ca 2.6 mm, HL 0.07, HW 0.59, CI 85, SL 0.73, SI 123, PW 0.40, eye
length 0.21
The description of Lepisiota
imperfecta (Santschi, 1926a) is a close match, notably the
relatively short sparser erect hairs and much reduced pubescence, but
that had a TL 2.0 mm and was black.
A worker from South Africa (see bottom) conforms to the
Santschi size but, apart from these having more abundant erect pilosity
on the alitrunk, appears to differ little, if at all, in general
morphology.
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Sudan,
collected by J Mathews, by pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal
in semi-natural forest; Abu Gmein, Blue Nile; 11°21' N 34°27' E;
JM 401;
20.x.2001, 2 workers.
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 The photomontage of a
worker from South Africa,
identified
by P G Hawkes, is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0235894
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