Acantholepis frauenfeldi Mayr var. transcaspiensis Santschi, 1917: 43

Radchenko, Alexander G., Fisher, Brian L., Esteves, Flavia A., Martynova, Ekateryna V., Bazhenova, Tatyana N. & Lasarenko, Svetlana N., 2025, Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 3. Formicinae, Zootaxa 5613 (3), pp. 469-499 : 471

Acantholepis frauenfeldi Mayr var. transcaspiensis Santschi, 1917: 43 , w.

Current status: junior synonym of Lepisiota semenovi Ruzsky, 1905: 461 . Synonymy: Dlussky et al. 1990: 163. Combination: Bolton 1995: 228.

Type locality(-ies): Santschi 1917: “ Les exemplaries décrits et figures par Karawajew [1911a: 44] [=1910b] sous le No. 1685…”. Krawajew, 1910b: “Umgegend von Aschabad, Steppe unweit der Mühle von Borodin (No. 1685)”.

Original Karawajew labels:2w, “Askhabad, /Karawajew, 1685”, “ Acantholepis / frauenfeldi Mayr / v. transcaspiensis / Santschi typus”, “ Syntypus Acantholepis / frauenfeldi v. / transcaspiensis Sant.”; 2 w, “Transkaspiens, / Askhabad, Nr. 1685 / K. Ahnger 15.IV.05”, “1685. Coll. / Karavaievi ”, “ Acantholepis / frauenfeldi Mayr / v. transcaspiensis / Santschi typus”, “Syntypus Acantholepis / frauenfeldi v. / transcaspiensis Sant.”; 1 w, “1685. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “Syntypus Acantholepis / frauenfeldi v. / transcaspiensis Sant .”; 3 m, “1685. Coll. / Karavaievi”, “ Syntypus Acantholepis / frauenfeldi v. / transcaspiensis Sant.”; 1 q (demaged), “1685. Coll. / Karavaievi ”, “Syntypus Acantholepis / frauenfeldi v. / transcaspiensis Sant.” .

Material: SYNTYPES, 5 w (damaged) (CASENT0917873), 3 m, 1 q (Box 42).