''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 thei ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
s in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classifica ...
Formicinae
The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.
Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and lit ...
.
They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
Species
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Lepisiota acuta
''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, ...
''
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
''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, 1 ...
''
(Collingwood, 1985)
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Lepisiota arenaria
''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, 1 ...
''
(Arnold, 1920)
*''
Lepisiota arnoldi
''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, 1 ...
''
(Forel, 1913)
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Lepisiota aurea
''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, 1 ...
''
(Karavaiev, 1933)
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Lepisiota bipartita
''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, 1 ...
''
(Smith, 1861)
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Lepisiota cacozela
''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, 1 ...
''
(Stitz, 1916)
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Lepisiota canescens
''Lepisiota canescens'' is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae which is native to southern Ethiopia. Supercolonies spanning as much as 38 kilometres have been found. Scientists believe that this ant species has the potential of sprea ...
''
(Emery, 1897)
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Lepisiota capensis''
(Mayr, 1862)
*''
Lepisiota capitata
''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, ...
''
(Forel, 1913)
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Lepisiota carbonaria''
(Emery, 1892)
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Lepisiota chapmani''
(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)
*''
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'' (Santsch ...
''
(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''
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
*''
Lepisiota hexiangu''
Terayama, 2009
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Lepisiota hirsuta''
(Santschi, 1914)
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Lepisiota imperfecta''
(Santschi, 1926)
*''
Lepisiota incisa
''Lepisiota'' is an Old World genus of ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period ...
''
(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''
(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''
(Forel, 1892)
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Lepisiota opaciventris''
(Finzi, 1936)
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Lepisiota palpalis''
(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''
(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''
(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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