Lepisiota, the Glossary
Lepisiota is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[1]
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12 relations: Ant, AntWeb, Felix Santschi, Formicinae, Genus, Gustav Mayr, Lepisiota canescens, Lepisiota capensis, Madagascar, Old World, South Africa, Subfamily.
- Taxa named by Felix Santschi
Ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.
AntWeb
AntWeb is the leading online database on ants: storing specimens images and records, and natural history information, and documenting over 490,000 specimens across over 35,000 taxa of ants in its open source and community driven repository.
Felix Santschi
Felix Santschi (1 December 1872 – 20 November 1940) was a Swiss entomologist known for discovering that ants use the sun as a compass and for describing about 2000 taxa of ants.
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Formicinae
The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Gustav Mayr
Gustav L. Mayr (12 October 1830 – 14 July 1908) was an Austrian entomologist and professor in Budapest and Vienna.
Lepisiota canescens
Lepisiota canescens is a species of ant in the subfamily Formicinae which is native to southern Ethiopia. Lepisiota and Lepisiota canescens are Formicinae and Formicinae stubs.
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Lepisiota capensis
Cussonia'' leaf Lepisiota capensis, commonly known as the small black sugar ant, is an Old World ant in the subfamily Formicinae. Lepisiota and Lepisiota capensis are Formicinae and Formicinae stubs.
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Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar and the Fourth Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands.
Old World
The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe after 1493, when Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas.
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.
See also
Taxa named by Felix Santschi
- Acromyrmex hispidus
- Anillidris
- Anoplolepis
- Anoplolepis nuptialis
- Cephalotes inca
- Cephalotes lanuginosus
- Cephalotes texanus
- Chronoxenus
- Crematogaster amabilis
- Crematogaster ambigua
- Crematogaster angusticeps
- Crematogaster breviventris
- Crematogaster coelestis
- Crematogaster corporaali
- Crematogaster cristata
- Dilobocondyla
- Hypoponera
- Lepisiota
- Microdaceton
- Pheidole acutidens
- Solenopsis daguerrei