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Lepisiota capensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Formicidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Formicinae

Genus
  
Lepisiota

Order
  
Hymenopterans

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Similar
  
Lepisiota, Acropyga acutiventris, Polyrhachis illaudata

Lepisiota capensis, commonly known as the small black sugar ant, is an Old World ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is found in Afrotropical, Malagasy, Oriental, and Palaearctic regional countries.

Subspecies

  • Lepisiota capensis acholli Weber, 1943 - Sudan
  • Lepisiota capensis anceps Forel, 1916 - Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya
  • Lepisiota capensis guineensis Mayr, 1902 - Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya
  • Lepisiota capensis issore Weber, 1943 - Sudan
  • Lepisiota capensis junodi Forel, 1916 - South Africa
  • Lepisiota capensis laevis Santschi, 1913 - Senegal
  • Lepisiota capensis lunaris Emery, 1893 - Sri Lanka
  • Lepisiota capensis minuta Forel, 1916 - South Africa
  • Lepisiota capensis simplex Forel, 1892 - Kenya, Lesotho, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, India.
  • Lepisiota capensis simplicoides Forel, 1907 - South Africa
  • Lepisiota capensis specularis Santschi, 1935 - Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Lepisiota capensis subopaciceps Santschi, 1937 - Angola
  • Lepisiota capensis thoth Weber, 1943 - Sudan

    • References

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