Biology:Lepisiota capensis
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Short description: Species of ant
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Lepisiota |
| Species: | L. capensis
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| Lepisiota capensis (Mayr, 1862)
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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, Madagascar , Oriental, and Palaearctic regions.
Subspecies
- Lepisiota capensis acholli Weber, 1943 – Sudan
- Lepisiota capensis anceps Forel, 1916 – DRC, 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 – DRC
- Lepisiota capensis subopaciceps Santschi, 1937 – Angola
- Lepisiota capensis thoth Weber, 1943 – Sudan
References
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=577087
- http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lepisiota_capensis/classification/#Lepisiota_capensis
External links
- "Lepisiota capensis - Facts". http://www.antweb.org/description.do?genus=lepisiota&species=capensis&rank=species&project=macaronesiaants. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- "Lepisiota capensis". http://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Lepisiota_capensis. at antwiki.org
Wikidata ☰ Q13392505 entry
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