Lepisiota
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| Lepisiota | |
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| Lepisiota incisa worker in South Africa | |
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| Lepisiota canescens worker from Madagascar | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Lepisiota Santschi, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Plagiolepis rothney | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 81 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acantholepis Mayr, 1861 | |
Lepisiota is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.[3]
