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]

Plagiolepis pygmaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Plagiolepis
Species:
P. pygmaea
Binomial name
Plagiolepis pygmaea
(Latreille, 1798)

Subspecies

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  • Plagiolepis pygmaea bulawayensis Arnold, 1922
  • Plagiolepis pygmaea mima Arnold, 1922
  • Plagiolepis pygmaea minu Forel, 1911

References

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  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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