Extant: 13 valid subspecies
Hypoclinea frauenfeldi Mayr, 1855 PDF: 378 (w.) CROATIA. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Roger, 1859 PDF: 243 (q.); Emery, 1878: 46 (m.); André, 1881c PDF: 63 (m.); Athias-Henriot, 1947 PDF: 249 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1968a PDF: 209 (l.).Combination in Formica (Hypoclinea): Roger, 1859 PDF: 243.Combination in Acantholepis: Mayr, 1861 PDF: 42 (in key).Combination in Lepisiota: Baroni Urbani et al., 1992 PDF: 303.Status as species: Smith, 1858a PDF: 57; Roger, 1859 PDF: 243; Mayr, 1861 PDF: 42; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 394; Roger, 1863b PDF: 11; André, 1874b: 179 (in key); Mayr, 1877a: 11; Emery, 1878: 46; Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 453; Mayr, 1880 PDF: 30; Emery, 1880 PDF: 389; Emery, 1881b PDF: 527; André, 1881c PDF: 61; André, 1882c PDF: 210 (in key); André, 1884f: 537; Forel, 1885b PDF: 177; Forel, 1886e PDF: clxvii; Forel, 1889 PDF: 256; Nasonov, 1889: 25; Forel, 1890b PDF: lxviii; Emery, 1891c: 16; Forel, 1892a PDF: 41 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 171; Forel, 1894c PDF: 413; Forel, 1894d PDF: 12; Forel, 1895e PDF: 233; Forel, 1902a PDF: 155; Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 18; Ruzsky, 1903b PDF: 308; Rothney, 1903: 99; Bingham, 1903 PDF: 316; Forel, 1904c PDF: 387; Forel, 1904d PDF: 12; Ruzsky, 1905b: 459; Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 41; Forel, 1910a PDF: 23; Forel, 1911f PDF: 351; Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 15; Karavaiev, 1912b PDF: 586; Emery, 1914c PDF: 158; Emery, 1916a PDF: 221; Wheeler & Mann, 1916 PDF: 172; Santschi, 1917d PDF: 42; Donisthorpe, 1918c PDF: 167; Crawley, 1920b PDF: 177; Müller, 1923b PDF: 115; Emery, 1925d PDF: 25; Soudek, 1925b PDF: 16; Donisthorpe, 1927a PDF: 8; Finzi, 1928c PDF: 791; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b PDF: 41; Finzi, 1930c PDF: 23; Finzi, 1930d PDF: 316; Mukerjee, 1930 PDF: 156; Finzi, 1932a PDF: 24; Karavaiev, 1932 PDF: 250; Grandi, 1935 PDF: 102; Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 44; Finzi, 1936 PDF: 184; Finzi, 1940 PDF: 162; Athias-Henriot, 1947 PDF: 249; Arnol'di, 1948a PDF: 212 (in list); Bernard, 1948 PDF: 155; Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1063; Weber, 1952c PDF: 20; Bernard, 1956b PDF: 260; Ceballos, 1956: 310; Collingwood, 1961a PDF: 72; Collingwood, 1961c PDF: 289; Bernard & Cagniant, 1963 PDF: 162; Baroni Urbani, 1964a PDF: 7; Cagniant, 1966b PDF: 280; Baroni Urbani, 1968e PDF: 480; Cagniant, 1968a PDF: 145; Cagniant, 1970c PDF: 30; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 173; Bernard, 1971: 8; Pisarski, 1975: 28; Tohmé & Tohmé, 1976 PDF: 131 (redescription); Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 130; Baroni Urbani, 1976b PDF: 215; Aktaç, 1977 PDF: 124; Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 88 (in key); Schembri & Collingwood, 1981 PDF: 436; Tohmé, 1981 PDF: 1; Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 295; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 57; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 281 (in key); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 205; Collingwood, 1993b PDF: 195; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 80; Bolton, 1995b: 227; Mei, 1995 PDF: 767; Poldi et al., 1995: 7; Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 28; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 22; Tiwari, 1999 PDF: 67; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000 PDF: 347; Blard et al., 2003 PDF: 129; Bračko, 2006 PDF: 150; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 105 (in key); Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 137; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009 PDF: 40; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 34; Karaman, 2011a PDF: 94; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 24; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 506; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 14; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 93 (see note in bibliography); Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 20; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014 PDF: 137; Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 28; Lebas et al., 2016: 226; Sharaf et al., 2016 10.1080/00222933.2016.1180722 PDF: 10 (in key) ; Borowiec & Salata, 2018a 10.5281/zenodo.1481802 PDF: 6; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 46.Senior synonym of Lepisiota frauenfeldi azerbeidzhanica: Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 81; Bolton, 1995b: 227.Acantholepis frauenfeldi - all authors recorded it under this name.
Records
(Map 48): Bulgaria ( Agosti and Collingwood 1987a , Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Belasitsa Mt. ( Atanassov 1964 ); Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: Kresna ( Atanassov 1936 ); Eastern Rhodopi Mt.: Svirachi vill. (Ivaylovgrad) ( Lapeva-Gjonova 2004a ).
