Lepisiota capensis

Small black sugar ant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Lepisiota
Species: T. capensis
Binomial name
Lepisiota capensis
(Mayr, 1862)
Subspecies

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Milking plant lice on a Cussonia leaf

Lepisiota capensis, commonly known as the small black sugar ant, is an Old World ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is found in Afrotropical, Malagasy, Oriental, and Palaearctic regional countries.

Subspecies

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