Genus Plagiolepis Mayr ^HNS, 1861.

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

Type-species: Formica pygmaea Latreille ^HNS, 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.