Lepisiota hirsuta (Santschi)
  Type location Kenya (Acantholepis
capensis stirps hirsuta, Santschi, 1914b: 124, illustrated,
worker, raised to species by Santschi, 1935a: 273) - see below
subspecies setosella
(Santschi, 1935, not illustrated) from Zaïre, Boma, 9.ix.1920,
H Schouteden - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912391
unavailable name elevata
(Acantholepis capensis Mayr
r. hirsuta Sant. v. elevata n. var., Forel, 1914d: 249,
worker) from Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, 15.iii.1914, G Arnold - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0909875
worker only  .
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 Santschi's
(1914b) description is on  . Forel's (1914d)
description of elevata
is on  . A translation by Arnold (1920a) is at  .
Santschi (1935a) had a record of the type from Basongo,
Zaïre (Dr Schouteden, 15.vii.1921) and described setosella,
from Boma and Kwamouth (Dr Schouteden; 8.x.1920 and vi.1921), plus
Conga da Lemba (R. Mayné, x.1913).
Santschi's (1935a) description of setosella follows
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WORKER - TL 2.5-2.7 mm; differs from type by more shiny sculpturation.
Propodeum less strongly reticulate, with sides of dorsum less
divergent, angles slightly less prominent; otherwise as the East
African hirsuta. He also implies the variety elevata
Forel (noted by Bolton, 1995, as an unavailable name) probably was a
subspecies of hirsuta rather than a distinct species.
Apart from minor differences in overall size, the two
subspecies appear identical to the type (see Antweb links, above).
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 The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912390
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Lepisiota hirsuta
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
M James
2002-01
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2002
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E
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St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m
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4
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Lepisiota hirsuta
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
A Shepherd
Alcohol E
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2010
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E |
St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m
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i
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Lepisiota hirsuta
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
A Shepherd
Nest 04
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2010
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E |
St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m
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i
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Lepisiota hirsuta
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
A Shepherd
Nest 05
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2010
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E |
St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m
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i
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Lepisiota hirsuta
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
A Shepherd
Nest 12
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2010
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E |
St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m
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i
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Lepisiota hirsuta
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
A Shepherd
Nest 16
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2010
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E |
St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m
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i
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Lepisiota hirsuta
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
A Shepherd
Other B
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2010
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E |
St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m
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i
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Lepisiota hirsuta
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
A Shepherd
Plant 69
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2010
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E |
St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m
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i
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Lepisiota hirsuta
B Taylor det.
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Egypt
A Shepherd
Plant 60
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2010
Sinai
28°33' N
33°56' E |
St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m
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i
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 The photomontages are of
workers collected in the Sinai Desert, Egypt, St Katherine
protectorate around the town of St Katherine, in mountains above 1500m,
in early 2002, by Mike James, a research student of Francis Gilbert.
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 The photomontage is of a
second worker
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 The photomontage is of a worker collected by Amy
Shepherd (Sinai Other B).
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