A remarkable new species of the genus<i>Lepisiota</i>Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Oman and the United Arab Emirates with a key to the Arabian species

Sharaf, Mostafa R.; Monks, Joseph; Polaszek, Andrew; Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.

doi:10.1080/00222933.2016.1180722

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“…kantarensis is provisional, in fact the only keys currently available for this genus, other than that of Santschi (1917), whose nomenclature is largely dated, are those of Collingwood & Agosti (1996) and Sharaf et al (2016) on the Arabian fauna. Clearly a comprehensive and modern review of the whole frauenfeldi-group and of the other similar species [L. bipartita (Smith, F., 1861), L. syriaca (André, 1881), etc.]…”

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Yet another alien: a second species of Lepisiota spreading across the Canary Islands, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Schifani¹,

Gentile²,

Scupola³

et al. 2018

Fragm Entomol

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The Canary Islands are a biologically important archipelago hosting many unique species, whose myrmecofauna is peculiarly rich in both endemic and introduced species. Lepisiota frauenfeldi cfr. kantarensis Forel, 1911 is reported for the first time from Fuerteventura and Tenerife. It is the second species of Lepisiota introduced in the archipelago in the last few years, and one of the few documented cases in which Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855) s.l. acts as a successful tramp species. Comments are also given on taxonomic problems involving the L. frauenfeldi-group and related taxa. Finally, new additional information and comments are presented on the distribution of other alien ants species from the Canary Islands [Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrásfalvy, 1990, Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862 and Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)].

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Yet another alien: a second species of Lepisiota spreading across the Canary Islands, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Schifani¹,

Gentile²,

Scupola³

et al. 2018

Fragm Entomol

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“…Keller; CASENT0909878; MHNG • Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b. • Status as species: Bingham, 1903 PDF: 317;Forel, 1910 PDF: 449;Forel, 1916 PDF: 438;Santschi, 1914 PDF: 378;Sharaf et al, 201610.1080/00222933.2016 1885. • as subspecies of Lepisiota capensis : Forel, 1907i PDF: 86 (footnote); Arnold, 1920a PDF: 572;Wheeler, 1922: 937.…”

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“…It is assumed to be sub species of L. capensis by Forel (1907), Arnold (1920), Wheeler (1922) after synonymizing it from Acantholepis to Lepisiota by Bolton (1995). The species is distributed in Africa and recently Sharaf et al (2016) Xu, 1994: 235. Bingham, 1903 318.…”

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Three Species of Genus Lepisiota (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with New Distributional Records from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Shahjeer¹,

Rehman²,

Khan³

et al. 2021

SJA

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A study on the ant fauna of north-western part comprising of the hilly colder mountains in the North to the Dry hot plains in the South of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan was conducted during 2017-2020. Area was surveyed and collection of worker ants from the area was hired by using pitfall traps, aspirator and hand picking with the help of forceps. The study revealed that three species belonging to genus Lepisiota as a major outcome of this taxonomic study. The species include L. frauenfeldi, L. simplex, L. opaca and its sub-species L. o. pulchella. Among them two species viz., L. simplex, L. opaca and a subspecies of L. opaca i.e. L. o. pulchella are reported as first distributional records from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Keys to the subfamilies of Family Formicidae and worker caste species of genus Lepisiota collected from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa along with its spatial distributional map for all species and a sub-species is provided. All the specimen are deposited

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“…With the lack of revisionary studies for most of the zoogeographical regions of the World, the taxonomic status of the genus is dreadful. Most contributions are restricted to few treatments including to a limited number of papers including faunal lists, descriptions of new species or taxonomic keys for some regions and countries, such as for the Arabian Peninsula (Collingwood and Agosti 1996;Sharaf et al 2016), Armenia (Arakelian 1994), the Balkans (Agosti and Collingwood 1987), Bulgaria (Atanassov and Dlussky 1992), China (Wu and Wang 1995;Zhou 2001), Egypt (Finzi 1936), Europe and Algeria (André 1882), India, Sri Lanka and Burma (Bingham 1903), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (Collingwood 1985), and Turkestan (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky 1929).…”

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“…In their treatment of the ant fauna of the Arabian Peninsula, Collingwood and Agosti (1996) reported 20 species from the region, with ten from Oman, including a description of a new species L. dhofara Collingwood and Agosti from the Dhofar Governorate. Sharaf et al (2016) described L. omanensis Sharaf and Monks from Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and presented a key to the Arabian Lepisiota species.…”

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The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species, Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identification key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities

Sharaf¹,

Aldawood²,

Mohamed³

et al. 2020

JHR

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This study updates and summarizes information on the taxonomy and status of the Arabian Lepisiota fauna. We describe and illustrate the new species Lepisiota elbazisp. nov. from the Dhofar Governorate, Oman based on the worker caste. The new species is closest to the Arabian species, L. arabica Collingwood, 1985 from the southwestern mountains of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and can be separated by having fewer body hairs (two pairs on the posterior margin of the head, two or three pairs on the promesonotum and, one or two pairs on the first gastral tergite), the longer head, scapes, and propodeal spines, and the shorter mesosoma. We present the first illustrated key to the worker caste of the Arabian species of Lepisiota using stacked digital color images to facilitate species determination. The new species is probably endemic to the Dhofar Governorate and seems rare. An up-to-date synoptic checklist of 21 species representing the Arabian Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 is emended based upon the most recent literature in ant systematics. Five species are excluded from the Arabian Lepisiota fauna, L. arenaria (Arnold, 1920), L. erythraea (Forel, 1910), L. incisa (Forel, 1913), L. sericea (Forel, 1892a), and L. simplex (Forel, 1892) for issues related to previous species misidentification. Lepisiota carbonaria (Emery, 1892) is proposed as a senior synonym of L. depilis (Emery, 1897) syn. nov. The faunal composition of Lepisiota species recorded from the Arabian Peninsula can be divided/delineated into two main groups according to their zoogeographical relationships; (1) Afrotropical (11 species-~52.38%); (2) Palearctic (10 species-~47.62%) elements whereas eight species (~38%) are Arabian endemics.

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A remarkable new species of the genusLepisiotaSantschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Oman and the United Arab Emirates with a key to the Arabian species

Cited by 791 publications

References 3 publications

Yet another alien: a second species of Lepisiota spreading across the Canary Islands, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Yet another alien: a second species of Lepisiota spreading across the Canary Islands, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Three Species of Genus Lepisiota (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with New Distributional Records from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

The genus Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 of the Arabian Peninsula with the description of a new species, Lepisiota elbazi sp. nov. from Oman, an updated species identification key, and assessment of zoogeographic affinities

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