Plagiolepis cf. pygmaea (LATREILLE, 1798)

Ghahari, Hassan, Sharaf, Mostafar R., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. & Collingwood, Cedric Alex, 2015, A contribution to the study of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Eastern Iran, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 65 (2), pp. 341-359 : 345

Plagiolepis cf. pygmaea (LATREILLE, 1798)

( Figs 28–29 )

Material examined: Kerman Province, Kerman, 30°20'N 58°00'E, (4), April 2010. Sweeping . Razavi Khorasan Province, Neyshabour, 36°12'N 58°45'E, (1), June–August 2010. Pitfall traps.

Iranian records: Khuzestan ( Ghahari et al. 2010a; Ghahari & Collingwood 2011).

Distribution: This species was reported from southern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Maltese Islands ( COLLINGWOOD 1985), the Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia) ( COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996).

Figures

Figs 28–33: 28, 29 Plagiolepis pygmaea (casent0912420, Holotype), 28 Head in full-face view, 29 Body in profile, Photographer: Zach Lieberman;30, 31 Plagiolepis schmitzii (casent0909859, Holotype),30 Head in full-face view,31 Body inprofile, Photographer: Will Ericson; 32, 33 Polyrhachis lacteipennis (casent0281400, Nepal); 32 Head in full-face view, 33 Body in profile, Photographer: Michele Esposito.