Plagiolepis pygmaea

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

Last updated March 16, 2026

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

Plagiolepis pygmaea bulawayensisArnold, 1922
Plagiolepis pygmaea mimaArnold, 1922
Plagiolepis pygmaea minuForel, 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.

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[AntCat-1] Bolton, B. (2015). "Plagiolepis pygmaea". AntCat. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

[Boer_2008-2] 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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Plagiolepis pygmaea

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