Lepisiota obtusa (Emery, 1901)

Fig. 19

Acantholepis carbonaria var. obtusa Emery, 1901: 63 (w) Ethiopia. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Color dark brown or black; appendages paler; propodeal spines reduced or indistinct; petiole in profile with a slightly convex anterior face and a straight posterior face; whole mesosomal and gastral dorsum covered with abundant pale setae.

Material examined

OMAN – Dhofar • 8 w; Ayn Ashat; 16.998° N, 53.820° E; alt. 202 m; 21 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 1 w; same collection data as for preceding; CASENT0922844; CASC .

Ecological and biological notes

This species was nesting under a rock next to a tree of Vachellia .

Geographic range

This species was originally described from Ethiopia and has been recorded from North Africa, KSA (Collingwood 1985), Oman, and Yemen (Collingwood & Agosti 1996). Lepisiota obtusa is reported here for the first time in Dhofar.