Lepisiota aegyptiaca (Finzi) - new status
Type location Egypt (Acantholepis
frauenfeldi var aegyptiaca nov., Finzi, 1938: 185,
illustrated,
worker) - no images on Antweb (October 2014).
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Finzi's (1936) description of aegyptiaca is on From Egypt, it appears to have
been illustrated by Savigny (Audouin, J.-V. 1825-27: Plate 20 Fig 11) -
below.
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Egypt records - Lepisiota
frauenfeldi ssp aegyptiaca ( Finzi, 1936: 184,
illustrated, worker) - in HNS as Acantholepis
frauenfeldi var. aegyptiaca Finzi
also in HNS as Acantholepis
frauenfeldi var. opaciventris Finzi = Lepisiota
frauenfeldi ssp opaciventris (Finzi, 1936: 187,
illustrated, worker) Forel (1886f: 215) noted it as found by Ehrenberg
in Egypt, as a variety with specimens with propodeal spines longer than
the width of their base. Donisthorpe (1942a) recorded var variabilis
(Santschi, 1917d: 43, type location Tunisia) from Siwa, three workers;
and saharensis (Santschi, 1917d: 44, worker, illustrated, type
location Algeria) 6 workers from Siwa, all collected by J Omer-Cooper;
Donisthorpe (1947e) recorded variabilis from Siwa, Baharein, 1
worker, 9-10.v.1935.
Sharaf list - aegyptiaca Kom Ombo (Aswan),
29.i.1954 (1); Luxor, 3.viii.1954 (2); Abu-Mena, 8.iv.1954 (1) (ASUC).
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Lepisiota aegyptiaca
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
J Kugler
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13.ii.1982
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E
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Nakeb
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The photomontage is
of specimens 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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The small illustration shows the Savigny specimen and
the dorsal view of one of these, on the same scale, for comparison.
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From Egypt, a male
appears to have been illustrated by Savigny (Audouin, J.-V. 1825-27:
Plate 20 Fig 12).
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