Lepisiota carbonaria ( Emery, 1892 )

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2022, Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography, European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1), pp. 1-106 : 27

Lepisiota carbonaria ( Emery, 1892)

Fig. 16

Acantholepis carbonaria Emery, 1892: 119 (w, q) Somalia. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Smaller species (TL 2.12); color dark brown, antennae, tibiae, and tarsi yellowish; propodeal spines short and blunt; head and mesosoma strongly sculptured, completely opaque; head in full-face view with posterior margin without setae; mesosoma without setae.

Material examined

OMAN – Dhofar • 4 w; Ayn Razat ; 17.124° N, 54.238° E; alt. 98 m; 20 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA .

Ecological and biological notes

This species was found in leaf litter under a tree of Vachellia where the soil was dry.

Geographic range

This species was originally described from Somalia and has been recorded from Oman by Collingwood& Agosti (1996). This species is a new record for Dhofar.

Figures

Fig. 16. Lepisiota carbonaria (Emery, 1892), worker (CASENT0922845, AntWeb.org (Michele Esposito)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.