| Plagiolepis pygmaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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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) | |
Plagiolepis pygmaea is a species of ant in the genus Plagiolepis. 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.
Subspecies
- Plagiolepis pygmaea bulawayensis Arnold, 1922
- Plagiolepis pygmaea mima Arnold, 1922
- Plagiolepis pygmaea minu Forel, 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.
External links
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