Published December 31, 2001 | Version v1
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Plagiolepis Mayr

Description

Genus Plagiolepis Mayr, 1861.

Plagiolepis Mayr, 1861. Europ. Formicid Wien.: 52

Type-species: Formica pygmaea Latreille, 1798, Fourmis de la France: 45.

Diagnosis: Mandibles with five teeth, palp formula 6,4, antenna 11 - segmented, alitrunk short, in dorsal view, metanotum separated from mesonotum by impressed suture, propodeum unarmed, petiole a reduced scale.

Distribution: Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian, Polynesian, Nearactic & Neotropical regions.

Notes

Published as part of Mohamed, S., Zalat, S. & Fadl, H., 2001, Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt., pp. 40-61 in Egyptian Journal of Natural History 3 on page 47, DOI: 10.4314/ejnh.v3i1.30001

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Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Plagiolepis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus