Egypt is thought to be home to 171 species are of ant, of which 17 can be deemed as 'common', they are quite frequently found.
The ants come from ten subfamilies and thirty-two genera. For the ten genera with more than two species, keys have been developed based largely on the published descriptions. For one genus Lepisiota an attempt has been made to sort out the extreme confusion caused by a proliferation of so-called subspecies and varieties of "Lepisiota frauenfeldi" and "Lepisiota semenovi" - this includes forms from across North Africa, southern Europe and south-west Asia.
Credit to Brian Taylor
Tags: Egypt | Lepisiota | frauenfeldi | semenovi
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