Lepisiota simplex ( Forel, 1892 )

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S., Al Dhafer, Hathal M. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2013, The ants (Hymenoptera: formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr, Zootaxa 3709 (6), pp. 565-580 : 572

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6
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scientific name	Lepisiota simplex ( Forel, 1892 )
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Lepisiota simplex ( Forel, 1892)

Acantholepis simplex Forel, 1892: 43 View Cited Treatment . Combination in Lepisiota View in CoL : Bolton, 1995:228.

This widespread species was described from Somalia ( Forel, 1892) and recorded from Zimbabwe ( Forel, 1913) and India ( Bingham, 1903). Within the Arabian Peninsula it is apparently restricted to Saudi Arabia ( Collingwood, 1985). It is a common species at Rawdhat Khorim, abundant from April to September and declining in numbers from October to March.

References

Bingham, C. T. (1903) Fauna of British India: Hymenoptera 2. Ants and Cuckoo Wasps. London, 506 pp.

Bolton, B. (1995) A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.

Collingwood, C. A. (1985) Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arabia, 7, 230 - 302.

Forel, A. (1892) Notes myrmecologiques. Annales de La Societ Entomologique de Belgique, 36, 38 - 43.

Forel, A. (1913) Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. recoltees par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Annales de La Societ Entomologique de Belgique, 57, 108 - 147.