Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) intermedia Emery

Type location South Africa (Plagiolepis pygmaea Latr., var. intermedia, n. var., Emery, 1895h: 45, worker & queen; raised to species, Emery, 1921d: 316) Cape Town
subspecies minutula (Plagiolepis intermedia Emery var. minutula nov., Emery, 1921d: 316, illustrated; worker & queen) Cape Town, Simon
worker and queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Emery's (1895h) description is at - . Emery's (1921d) illustrated and expanded description, together with minutula is at - . Arnold's (1922: 601) translation of Emery's (1895h) description is at - .

The photomontage of a worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905142.

A worker from South Africa on http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0906248 is probably puncta.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) intermedia B Taylor det.

South Africa KZ Natal P. Jaloszynski

01.xii.2012 27.63924° S 32.15834'E

Mkuze, pasture near camp 90 m Under stone

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The photomontage is of workers from South Africa, KZ Natal, P. Jaloszynski