Lepisiota Santschi, 1926

Jarernkong, K., Kongmee, M., Pinkaew, N. & Jaitrong, W., 2023, Three new species of the ant genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Thailand, Far Eastern Entomologist 468, pp. 1-15 : 3

Genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926

Lepisiota Santschi, 1926: 15 [as subgenus of Acantholepis ].

Type-species: Plagiolepis rothneyi , by original designation.

Acantholepis Mayr, 1861: 42 . Type-species: Hypoclinea frauenfeldi , by monotypy. (Junior homonym of Acantholepis Kroyer, 1846: 98 [Pisces]).

Achantilepis Santschi, 1935b: 274, incorrect subsequent spelling of Acantholepis .

Pseudacantholepis Bernard, 1953b: 256, attributed to Santschi (as subgenus of Acantholepis ). Unavailable name. Proposed without designation of type-species. Species included by Bernard (1953b) are all referable to Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 44 .

DIAGNOSIS OF WORKER. Antennae 11-segments, without antennal club; palp formula 6,4; mandibles subtriangular, masticatory margin with 5–6 teeth; eyes with over 100 ommatidia; antennal scrobes absent; pronotal spines absent; mesothorax reduced and slender; metathoracic spiracles in profile raised; propodeal spines dentiform (absent in some species); petiolar spines present or absent; worker monomorphic, a few species are size-variable to weakly polymorphic.