''Lepisiota'' is an
Old World
The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ...
genus of
ants in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Formicinae.
They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
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Lepisiota acuta''
Xu, 1994
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Lepisiota affinis''
(Santschi, 1937)
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Lepisiota ajjer''
(Bernard, 1953)
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Lepisiota albata''
(Santschi, 1935)
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Lepisiota alexis''
(Santschi, 1937)
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Lepisiota ambigua''
(Santschi, 1935)
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Lepisiota angolensis''
(Santschi, 1937)
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Lepisiota annandalei''
(Mukerjee, 1930)
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Lepisiota arabica''
(Collingwood, 1985)
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Lepisiota arenaria''
(Arnold, 1920)
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Lepisiota arnoldi''
(Forel, 1913)
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Lepisiota aurea''
(Karavaiev, 1933)
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Lepisiota bipartita''
(Smith, 1861)
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Lepisiota cacozela''
(Stitz, 1916)
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Lepisiota canescens''
(Emery, 1897)
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Lepisiota capensis''
(Mayr, 1862)
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Lepisiota capitata''
(Forel, 1913)
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Lepisiota carbonaria
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 19 ...
''
(Emery, 1892)
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Lepisiota chapmani
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 19 ...
''
(Wheeler, 1935)
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Lepisiota crinita''
(Mayr, 1895)
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Lepisiota curta''
(Emery, 1897)
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Lepisiota dammama''
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
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Lepisiota dendrophila''
(Arnold, 1949)
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Lepisiota depilis''
(Emery, 1897)
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Lepisiota deplanata''
(Stitz, 1911)
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Lepisiota depressa''
(Santschi, 1914)
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Lepisiota dhofara''
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
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Lepisiota dolabellae''
(Forel, 1911)
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Lepisiota egregia''
(Forel, 1913)
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Lepisiota elegantissima''
Collingwood & Van Harten, 2011
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Lepisiota emmelii''
(Kutter, 1932)
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Lepisiota erythraea''
(Forel, 1910)
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Lepisiota fergusoni''
(Forel, 1895)
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Lepisiota foreli''
(Arnold, 1920)
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Lepisiota frauenfeldi
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 19 ...
''
(Mayr, 1855) ("browsing ant" - a pest in Australia
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Lepisiota gerardi''
(Santschi, 1915)
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Lepisiota gracilicornis''
(Forel, 1892)
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Lepisiota harteni
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*'' Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*'' Lepisiota affinis'' (Santsch ...
''
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
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Lepisiota hexiangu''
Terayama, 2009
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Lepisiota hirsuta''
(Santschi, 1914)
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Lepisiota imperfecta''
(Santschi, 1926)
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Lepisiota incisa
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 19 ...
''
(Forel, 1913)
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Lepisiota kabulica''
(Pisarski, 1967)
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Lepisiota karawaiewi''
(Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929)
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Lepisiota longinoda''
(Arnold, 1920)
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Lepisiota megacephala''
(Weber, 1943)
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Lepisiota melanogaster''
(Emery, 1915)
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Lepisiota melas''
(Emery, 1915)
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Lepisiota mlanjiensis''
(Arnold, 1946)
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Lepisiota modesta
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 19 ...
''
(Forel, 1894)
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Lepisiota monardi''
(Santschi, 1930)
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Lepisiota nigrescens''
(Karavaiev, 1912)
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Lepisiota nigrisetosa''
(Santschi, 1935)
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Lepisiota nigriventris''
(Emery, 1899)
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Lepisiota obtusa''
(Emery, 1901)
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Lepisiota oculata''
(Santschi, 1935)
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Lepisiota opaca
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 19 ...
''
(Forel, 1892)
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Lepisiota opaciventris''
(Finzi, 1936)
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Lepisiota palpalis
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*'' Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*'' Lepisiota affinis'' (Santsch ...
''
(Santschi, 1935)
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Lepisiota piliscapa''
(Santschi, 1935)
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Lepisiota quadraticeps''
(Arnold, 1944)
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Lepisiota reticulata''
Xu, 1994
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Lepisiota riyadha''
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
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Lepisiota rothneyi''
(Forel, 1894)
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Lepisiota rubrovaria''
(Forel, 1910)
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Lepisiota rugithorax
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 19 ...
''
(Santschi, 1930)
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Lepisiota schoutedeni''
(Santschi, 1935)
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Lepisiota semenovi''
(Ruzsky, 1905)
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Lepisiota sericea''
(Forel, 1892)
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Lepisiota silvicola''
(Arnold, 1920)
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Lepisiota somalica''
(Menozzi, 1927)
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Lepisiota spinisquama''
(Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929)
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Lepisiota spinosior''
(Forel, 1913)
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Lepisiota splendens''
(Karavaiev, 1912)
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Lepisiota submetallica''
(Arnold, 1920)
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Lepisiota syriaca
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
*''Lepisiota acuta'' Xu, 1994
*''Lepisiota affinis'' (Santschi, 19 ...
''
(André, 1881)
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Lepisiota tenuipilis''
(Santschi, 1935)
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Lepisiota validiuscula''
(Emery, 1897)
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Lepisiota xichangensis''
(Wu & Wang, 1995)
References
External links
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Formicinae
Ant genera
Taxa named by Felix Santschi
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