The Ants of Africa
Genus Lepisiota
Lepisiota new species Sudan

Petiole with no more than denticles

Elongated species, with exceptionally long legs and antennae - gracilicornis-group

{Lepisiota nsp Sudan}

Lepisiota new species Sudan

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Sudan worker only described .

The photomontage is of the holotype specimen collected in Sudan, Haj Abd Allah, Middle Sudan, 13°58'0"N 33°34'60"E, by Awatif Omer, hand collection, 2009. Larger scale montages.

Other images can be seen in the folder at - {original description}.
Lepisota n sp Sudan Lepisiota gracilicornis Lepisiota aegyptiaca
Base colour chestnut brown; appendages paler, occiput darker Base colour brown-black; antenna and tarsi/tibiae orange-brown; anterior of head and mandibles also paler to orange Base colour dark chestnut, lighter on pronotum and head, antennae and tibiae/tarsi yellow-brown
TL ca 3.0 mm; HW 0.6 HL 0.82 PW 0.42 AL 1.3 Hind tibia 1.5; CI 82 SI 192 EL/HW 0.37 PW/AL 0.32 TL ca 3.7 mm (range 2.5-5); HW 0.7 HL 0.7 PW 0.5 AL 1.5 Hind tibia 1.6; CI 85 SI 194-200 EL/HW 0.32 TL ca 3.2 mm (type 2.3 mm?); HW 0.58 HL 0.7 PW 0.53 AL 1.2 Hind tibia 1.2; CI 80 SI 173 EL/HW 0.33
Median ocellus set well back from posterior level of the eyes Median ocellus set at about the posterior level of the eyes Median ocellus set well back from posterior level of the eyes
Propodeal spines quite long and apically narrowed, petiole with apex concave and sharp laterally not developed into distinct teeth Propodeal spines quite long, petiole with moderate apical teeth Propodeal spines realtively short, petiole without apical teeth
Tibiae distinctly longer than alitrunk Tibiae slightly longer than the alitrunk Tibiae about the same length as the alitrunk
Scape with slight apical broadening; head almost without pubescence Scape distinctly broadening in apical fifth; head with quite abundant short pubescence Scape weakly broadening in apical quarter; head with sparse short pubescence
Overall vary shiny, head slightly dull Relatively dull due to very fine reticulate sculpturation Shiny with polished areas

{short description of image}The photomontage is of specimens of Lepisiota gracilicornis collected in Sudan, at Port Sudan, Sudan 1.18, by Awatif Omer, 2005.

{short description of image}The photomontage is of specimens of Lepisiota aegyptiaca from Egypt, Sinai, Nakeb, 13.iii.1982, collector J Kugler; sent to BT by Armin Ionescu, Tel Aviv University. The gaster is fully shiny, the specimen shown has a small amount of glue on the first tergite.
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