Lepisiota carbonaria (Emery, 1892)

Fig. 16

Acantholepis carbonaria Emery, 1892: 119 (w, q) Somalia. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Smaller species (TL 2.12); color dark brown, antennae, tibiae, and tarsi yellowish; propodeal spines short and blunt; head and mesosoma strongly sculptured, completely opaque; head in full-face view with posterior margin without setae; mesosoma without setae.

Material examined

OMAN – Dhofar • 4 w; Ayn Razat; 17.124° N, 54.238° E; alt. 98 m; 20 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA .

Ecological and biological notes

This species was found in leaf litter under a tree of Vachellia where the soil was dry.

Geographic range

This species was originally described from Somalia and has been recorded from Oman by Collingwood& Agosti (1996). This species is a new record for Dhofar.