Plagiolepis pygmaea

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Plagiolepis pygmae
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Plagiolepis pygmae
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P. pygmaea
Binomial name
Plagiolepis pygmaea
(Latreille, 1798)

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

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Plagiolepis pygmaea". AntCat. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  2. ^ 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.

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