Genus Anoplolepis (Formicinae)

• Anoplolepis Santschi, 1914b: 123 (as subgenus of Plagiolepis) . Type species: Formica longipes Jerdon, by monotypy. Anoplolepis raised to genus: Emery, 1925d: 16. The type species, Formica longipes Herdon, is a junior primary homonym in Formica. First available replacement name is Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith.
• Zealleyella Arnold, 1922: 579. Type species: Formica custodiens Smith, by subsequent designation of Santschi, 1926a: 14. Synonymy: Bolton, 2003: 96.

• ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS.  Palearctic, Afrotopical, Indo-Australian.


      
Photo of Anoplolepis gracilipes Smith. Courtesy of Japanese Ant Database


• RECOGNITION.   Antennal scape very long, over 1.5 times as long as head length (excluding mandibles). Dorsum of mesosoma usually without erect hairs. Node of petiole rounded dorsally; not scale-like. Body elongate. An Old World tramp not yet recorded from Nearctic region but to be looked for in southern CA, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.
• TRIBE.  Lasiini.
• REVISIONS.   Prins, 1982: 215 (partial revision of genus) .