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Lepisiota
Lepisiota is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. They nest in rotten wood, in standing trees or in the ground, generally in less forested areas.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Small Black Sugar Ant
speciesLepisiota capensis
browsing ant
speciesLepisiota frauenfeldi
Lepisiota nigra
speciesLepisiota nigra
Lepisiota satpuraensis
speciesLepisiota satpuraensis
Small Spiny Sugar Ant
speciesLepisiota incisa
Lepisiota melas
speciesLepisiota melas
Lepisiota rothneyi
speciesLepisiota rothneyi
Lepisiota mayri
speciesLepisiota mayri
Lepisiota integra
speciesLepisiota integra
Lepisiota canescens
speciesLepisiota canescens
Small Hairy Sugar ant
speciesLepisiota crinita
Lepisiota bipartita
speciesLepisiota bipartita
Lepisiota omanensis
speciesLepisiota omanensis
Lepisiota binghami
speciesLepisiota binghami
Lepisiota depressa
speciesLepisiota depressa
Lepisiota annandalei
speciesLepisiota annandalei
Lepisiota semenovi
speciesLepisiota semenovi
Lepisiota modesta
speciesLepisiota modesta
Lepisiota spinisquama
speciesLepisiota spinisquama
Lepisiota velox
speciesLepisiota velox
Lepisiota sericea
speciesLepisiota sericea
Lepisiota opaca
speciesLepisiota opaca
Lepisiota elegantissima
speciesLepisiota elegantissima
Lepisiota spinosior
speciesLepisiota spinosior
Lepisiota pusaensis
speciesLepisiota pusaensis
Lepisiota gracilicornis
speciesLepisiota gracilicornis
Lepisiota fergusoni
speciesLepisiota fergusoni
Lepisiota wroughtonii
speciesLepisiota wroughtonii
Lepisiota lunaris
speciesLepisiota lunaris
Lepisiota simplex
speciesLepisiota simplex
Lepisiota chapmani
speciesLepisiota chapmani
Lepisiota emmelii
speciesLepisiota emmelii
Lepisiota obtusa
speciesLepisiota obtusa
Lepisiota watsonii
speciesLepisiota watsonii
Lepisiota imperfecta
speciesLepisiota imperfecta
Lepisiota dolabellae
speciesLepisiota dolabellae
Lepisiota syriaca
speciesLepisiota syriaca
Lepisiota longinoda
speciesLepisiota longinoda
Lepisiota bicolor
speciesLepisiota bicolor
Lepisiota submetallica
speciesLepisiota submetallica
Lepisiota egregia
speciesLepisiota egregia
Lepisiota foreli
speciesLepisiota foreli
Lepisiota rubrovaria
speciesLepisiota rubrovaria
Lepisiota carbonaria
speciesLepisiota carbonaria
Lepisiota dendrophila
speciesLepisiota dendrophila
Lepisiota hirsuta
speciesLepisiota hirsuta
Lepisiota monardi
speciesLepisiota monardi
Lepisiota quadraticeps
speciesLepisiota quadraticeps
Lepisiota silvicola
speciesLepisiota silvicola
Lepisiota validiuscula
speciesLepisiota validiuscula
Lepisiota alexis
speciesLepisiota alexis
Lepisiota arenaria
speciesLepisiota arenaria
Lepisiota arnoldi
speciesLepisiota arnoldi
Lepisiota kabulica
speciesLepisiota kabulica
Lepisiota melanogaster
speciesLepisiota melanogaster
Lepisiota reticulata
speciesLepisiota reticulata
Lepisiota riyadha
speciesLepisiota riyadha
Lepisiota rugithorax
speciesLepisiota rugithorax
Lepisiota schoutedeni
speciesLepisiota schoutedeni
Lepisiota siamensis
speciesLepisiota siamensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 347544.