Lepisiota semenovi (Ruzsky)

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Iran list Type location Turkmenistan (Acantholepis frauenfeldi semenovi, Ruzsky, 1905: 485, illustrated, worker; ssp of frauenfeldi in Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929c: 485; raised to species Pisarski, 1967: 410 - without comments - & Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 235) Boudja nr Smyrna - no type images on Antweb (September 2015).

TL 2.6-3.5 mm; head square; with sparse erect pilosity; very finely microscopically reticulate but shiny; gaster black or black-brown, alitrunk red or yellow-red also most of legs, head and coxae dark red; KI 0.65 - 1.58 - 0.0 - 0.23 .
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky's (1929c) description (from Ruzsky, 1905) of semenovi is on .

Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin (1990) works (in Russian)  list a long list of junior synonyms, see . Their Fig. 55, 2, however, shows a petiole shape that is not that of semenovi as drawn by Kuznetsov-Ugamsky and with no type images of semenovi, which probably would not show the petiole in any case, I prefer to revert to the Kuzanetsov-Ugamsky separations. Fig. 48 (right) shows a worker that is matched by those from Iran (below) in size, profile and head shape.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Lepisiota semenovi B Taylor det.	Iran R Nafisi 19	19.x.2012 36°12'N 57°40'E	Sabzevar-Khorasan 3206 ft City Park	2
Lepisiota semenovi B Taylor det.	Iran Torabi 15	30.vi.2014 29.74721°N 52.63700°E 1733 m	Enghelab Park, Shiraz hand collected forest, under stone 12.00 h	3
Lepisiota semenovi B Taylor det.	Iran V H Kia 27	1.viii.2014 34.25°N 50.99°E 1996 m	Veshnaveh, Qom hand collected village, on ground 1230h	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, collected by R Nafisi (19). Appears to conform to the type description and drawings.

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, collected by R Torabi (15).

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, collected by V H Kia (27).