Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) abyssinica Forel

Type location Ethiopia (Plagiolepis exigua Forel, r. abyssinica, n. stirps, Forel, 1894b: 73, worker, not illustrated; raised to species Collingwood, 1985: 297) Sudabessinien, Ilg
worker only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1894b) description is at - . Collingwood (1985) who raised it to species status has - "size very small, TL < 1.3 mm" HL 0.35, HW 0.28, SL 0.28, CI 80, SI 100; "body and appendages completely pale yellowish brown; eye length one-sixth of head length; slightly larger and darker than the oriental P. exigua, TL 1.12 mm". Forel had the colour as brown-black, with the mid-alitrunk reddish brown and the gaster and antennae brownish-yellow.

For comparison, Forel's (1894c: 417) description of exigua from India is at - . With a description in English by Bingham (1903: 323) at .

The photomontage of a type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909850

Oxford University Museum specimens

Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) abyssinica B Taylor det.

Sudan J Mathews JM 154

25.xi.2000 Abu Gmein, Blue Nile 11°21' N 34°27' E

pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal

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The photomontage is of two specimens from Sudan, Abu Gmein, Blue Nile; collector J Mathews(JM 154)