Lepisiota spinosior (Forel)

Type location Zimbabwe (Acantholepis spinosior n. sp., Forel 1913a: 144, worker; Arnold, 1920a: 558, queen), Bulawayo, by G Arnold - see below
subspecies
ballaensis (Acantholepis spinosior Forel, var. ballaensis n.v., Arnold, 1920a: 558, worker) from Zimbabwe - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0903149
natalensis (Acantholepis spinosior Forel, var. natalensis n.v., Arnold, 1920: 559, worker) from South Africa - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0903151
worker and queen only described .

Forel's (1913a) description is at and Arnold's (1920a) translation with descriptions of the subspecies is at .

Note: the natalensis type appears fairly uniformly dark red-brown and has numerous erect hairs on the alitrunk (absent on the type and ballaensis) - these characters suggest it may be a separate species. A fresh worker from South Africa matches the type form - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0235897

The photomontage of a syntype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903148