Plagiolepis xene Staercke , 1936

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena & Borowiec, Lech, 2022, New and little-known ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Bulgaria, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 83658-83658 : 83658

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e83658

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scientific name

Plagiolepis xene Staercke , 1936
status

 

Plagiolepis xene Staercke, 1936

Distribution

New record: East Rhodopes, Bryagovets vill., 06.04.2013, 7 q. in a nest of Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798), leg. ALG; Ograzhden Mt., Drakata vill., 09.09.2021, 6 q. in a nest of Pl. pygmaea , leg. ALG. Detailed occurrence data: Lapeva-Gjonova and Borowiec (2022).

Notes

First record for Bulgaria. Plagiolepis xene is a rare workerless inquiline in nests of Plagiolepis pygmaea . Its distribution range covers southern and central Europe to Anatolia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Plagiolepis