Lepisiota spinisquama (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929)

Fig. 21

Acantholepis frauenfeldi subsp. spinisquama Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929: 483 (w) Kazakhstan. Palearctic.

Diagnosis

Body dark brown; propodeal spines shorter and slightly curved, in profile appearing at level of the petiolar spines; body slightly shining; petiolar height lower in profile; appressed pubescence abundant on body.

Material examined

OMAN – Dhofar • 1 w; Ayn Sahlanot; 17.148° N, 54.179° E; alt. 151 m; 16 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 3 w; Dhalkout; 16.707° N, 53.251° E; alt. 34 m; 19 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA • 1 w; same collection data as for preceding; CASENT0922822; KSMA .

Ecological and biological notes

This species was found foraging on small shrubs and was collected using a beating sheet.

Geographic range

This species was originally described from Kazakhstan and recorded subsequently from Oman (Collingwood & Agosti 1996) and the Socotra Archipelago (Collingwood 1985; Collingwood et al. 2004; Sharaf et al. 2017c). Rad et al. (2018) recorded it from pitfall traps in Iran. Collingwood (1985) previously reported this species from Dhofar.