''Lepisiota'' is an
Old World
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genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
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. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
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 littl ...
.
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
''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''
(Arnold, 1920)
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Lepisiota arnoldi''
(Forel, 1913)
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Lepisiota aurea''
(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 spreading ...
''
(Emery, 1897)
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Lepisiota capensis
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''Lepisiota capensis'', commonly known as the small black sugar ant, is an Old World ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is found in countries of the Afrotropical, Malagasy, Oriental, and Palaea ...
''
(Mayr, 1862)
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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, 1 ...
''
(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, 1 ...
''
(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, 1 ...
''
(Wheeler, 1935)
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Lepisiota crinita
''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 ...
''
(Mayr, 1895)
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Lepisiota curta
''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 ...
''
(Emery, 1897)
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Lepisiota dammama
''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 & 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''
(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
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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''
(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
''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, 193 ...
''
(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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