Plagiolepis pygmaea
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| Plagiolepis pygmae | |
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| Family: | Formicidae
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| Species: | P. pygmaea
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| Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)
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Plagiolepis pygmaea is a species of ant in the genus Plagiolepis.[1] The species is widely distributed, from Portugal and the Canary Islands in the west, eastwards to Iran, Germany in the north and the Arabian peninsula in the south.[2]
Subspecies[]
- P. p. bulawayensis Arnold, 1922
- P. p. mima Arnold, 1922
- P. p. minu Forel, 1911
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Plagiolepis pygmaea". AntCat. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ Boer, P. (2008). "Plagiolepis obscuriscapa Santschi, 1923, a junior synonym of Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798) and the use of pigmentation as a discriminating character in ant taxonomy". Zoologische Mededelingen. 82: 485–488.
External links[]
Media related to Plagiolepis pygmaea at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Formicinae
- Hymenoptera of Europe
- Hymenoptera of Asia
- Insects described in 1798
- Formicinae stubs