The Ants of Africa
Genus Lepisiota
Lepisiota new species Congo 51

Petiole with no more than denticles

Body colour black; with slender pale long, erect hairs; ovoid heads - canescens-group - cacozela, canescens, monardi, ngangela, submetallica & tenuipilis

Lepisiota n sp Congo 51

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Congo

{Lepisiota n sp Congo 51}The photomontage is of a specimen from Congo, Réserve de Lésio-Louna, S 03°20'12.0" E 015°28'43.6"; 4-5.ii.2008; n sp51; pitfall trap 09, t 1; Village Mah; collected by Eric Zassi.
Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}
TL ca 3 mm, CI 95, SI 104; scape surpasses occiput by less than one-third its own length; petiole with distinct but short apical spines; long white erect hairs on anterior of head, propodeum and gaster; very shiny cf submetallica but without any irridescence, simply very shiny black.
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