The Ants of Africa
Genus Plagiolepis
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) puncta Forel

Plagiolepis Mayr sensu stricto

Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) puncta Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Plagiolepis pygmaea Latr., v. punctum n. var., Forel, 1910e: 448, worker & male; Arnold, 1922: 602, queen) Natal Mountains, Wroughton - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0909855
all forms known (see Bolton, 1995) .


{Plagiolepis puncta male}Forel's (1910e) description is at - {original description}. Arnold's (1922: 602) translation of Forel's (1910e) description, plus that of the queen is at - {original description}.


{Plagiolepis puncta}The photomontage of a worker from South Africa is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0906249. Matches the type worker.

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