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SUBFAMILY FORMICINAE - Genus Plagiolepis - Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) schmitzii Forel

Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) schmitzii Forel

return to key  Type location Madeira ((Plagiolepis pygmaea Latr. var. schmitzii n. v., Forel, 1895d: 231, worker & queen; Santschi, 1911i: 286, male; synonymy Collingwood, 1978: 71) - see below
junior synonyms
barbara (Santschi, 1911i: 286, worker & male; Santschi, 1920g: 172, queen) type location Tunisia - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912428
crosi (Santschi, 1920g: 168, illustrated, worker & queen) type location Algeria - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912429
subspecies canariensis (Santschi, 1920g: 173, all forms) type location Canary Is - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912431
madeirensis (Emery, 1921d: 315, illustrated, worker) type location Madeira - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0905140
tingitana (Santschi, 1936c: 205, illustrated, worker [unavailable]) type location Morocco - see  https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912432 .

{Plagiolepis schmitzii}Forel's (1895d) description is at {original description}. Santschi's (1920g) summary and description of crosi is at {original description}.

{Plagiolepis schmitzii} {Plagiolepis schmitzii alitrunk}Emery's (1921d) illustrated description of madeirensis and pyrenaica is at {original description}.

Egypt records - barbara in Menozzi (1927g) from Giarabub Oasis (Libya/Egypt border).

Sharaf list - Material examined: Ebn Salam (Daqahliya, Egypt), 13.iv.1999 (3) Leg.M.R.Sharaf; Ebn Salam (Daqahliya, Egypt), 28.v.1998 (1) Leg.M.R.Sharaf; Damietta, 20.viii.2003 (1) Leg. M. R. Sharaf (SHC).

{Plagiolepis schmitzii}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909859

{Plagiolepis schmitzii}The photomontage of a cotype is collated from The Smithsonian Institute images at http://ripley.si.edu/ent/nmnhtypedb/public/specimeninfopage.cfm?publicconsumption=1&typespecimenID=1662

{Plagiolepis schmitzi}The photomontage is of one of two specimens from Barcelona, Sant Celoni, nesting under same stone as Pheidole pallidula, 27.x.2008, collected by Xavier Espadaler. These match the size of the cotype.

{Plagiolepis schmitzi}The photomontage is of specimens from Canary Islands, Fuerteventura, Jandia, 1.v.2002, collected by David King. The size matches that of the madeirensis, i.e. TL ca 1.7 mm; rather than Forel's type measurement of TL 2.0-2.5 mm.

{Plagiolepis schmitzi}The photomontage is of a male from Canary Islands, collected by David King.
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