Lepisiota opaciventris ( Finzi, 1936 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.838.1925 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D495BCAE-9E03-4424-A01B-87F1CEB16B9C |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7094409 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1461EC42-FFB0-FF98-FDD5-051812C0FC2B |
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Felipe |
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Lepisiota opaciventris ( Finzi, 1936 ) |
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Lepisiota opaciventris ( Finzi, 1936) View in CoL
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Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. opaciventris Finzi, 1936: 187 (w) Egypt. Palearctic.
Diagnosis
Color entirely black, antennae, tibiae, and tarsi paler; propodeum and first gastral tergite with some fine surface sculpture; mesosoma brilliant; first gastral tergite with characteristic violet reflection; cephalic and gastral surfaces dull.
Material examined
OMAN – Dhofar • 4 w; Ayn Ashat ; 16.998° N, 53.820° E; alt. 202 m; 21 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA GoogleMaps .
Ecological and biological notes
This species was found nesting under a rock next to a tree of Vachellia .
Geographic range
This species was originally described from Egypt and has been recorded from Oman, KSA, Yemen ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996), UAE ( Collingwood et al. 2011; Sharaf et al. 2018a). This species is reported here for the first time in Dhofar.
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Lepisiota opaciventris ( Finzi, 1936 )
Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. 2022 |
Acantholepis frauenfeldi var. opaciventris
Finzi B. 1936: 187 |