Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) alluaudi Emery
 Iran list  Type location Seychelle
Is. (Plagiolepis Alluaudi, n. sp., Emery, 1894a: 71, worker;
Forel, 1907a: 30, queen) - see below
junior synonyms
augusti (Emery,
1921d: 317, replacement name for foreli, Mann, 1921: 473) from Fiji
Is - no images on Antweb (December 2014)
foreli (Plagiolepis Foreli n. sp., Santschi,
1920g: 165, illustrated, worker) from Switzerland (on orchids
in a hothouse) - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912413
mactavishi (Plagiolepis
mactavishi sp. nov., Wheeler, 1908c: 166, worker) from Society
Is, Moorea - no images on Antweb (December 2014)
ornata (Plagiolepis Foreli Sants. var. ornata n. var., Santschi, 1920g:
166, worker) from New
Caledonia - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912414
worker & queen only known (see Bolton, 1995;
synonymies by Smith, D.R., 1979: 1423 )  .
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 Emery's (1894a)
description is at -  . Forel's (1907a)
description of the queen,
from Tanzania is at -  .
Wheeler's (1908c) description of mactavishi is at -  . Santschi's (1920g) illustrated
description of foreli and ornata
is at -  . Emery's (1921d) review
is at -  .
Presumably a tramp species, but found well inland at
Arusha in Tanzania, possibly of East African origin. Santschi (1920g)
gave a record from Mombasa, Kenya. Also from inland in West
Africa, see below.
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 Nigeria specimens (as Plagiolepis species
T¹, Taylor, 1978: 41). WORKER: TL 1.15 mm, HL 0.31, HW 0.30, SL 0.23,
PW 0.17
Head and alitrunk yellow, gaster dark yellow-brown, very shiny.
Unsculptured, promesonotal suture faint but not metanotal suture.
Propodeum convex in profile. Erect hairs moderately abundant on gaster
and moderate pilosity on the head and alitrunk.
Thought to nest in dead wood on living trees. Uncommon in but collected
on cocoa at the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria, Idi Ayunre, and at
Apoje, and observed tending Homoptera.
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 The photomontage is of a
cotype collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0101699
Collection details - Seychelles, collector C Alluaud.
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 The
photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0005903
Collection details - Cameroon: Prov. Sud-Ouest; Bimbia Forest,
7.4 km 119° ESE Limbe; 03°58'55"N 009°15'45"E, 40m. Collection
Information: Collection codes: BLF2324. Date: 14 Apr 2000. Collected
by: B.L.Fisher Method: EC19 sifted litter. Habitat: rainforest.
Transect Type: MW 50 sample transect, 5m. Transect Sample No.: 17.
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) alluaudi
B Taylor det. |
Liberia
E Poirier
Yekepa Camp 4
SLAM 2
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6.iv.2013
Nimba County
07°33’04" N
08°33’17" E
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SLAM trap
Floodplain & marsh
501 m asl
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1
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) alluaudi
B Taylor det.
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Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 3-50
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10.i.1996
Mkomazi
Igire Hill
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pkd
collection from Heywoodia lucens
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1
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) alluaudi
B Taylor det. |
Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 3-51
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10.i.1996
Mkomazi
Igire Hill
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pkd collection from Heywoodia lucens |
1
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) alluaudi
B Taylor det. |
Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 3-56
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12.i.1996
Mkomazi
Igire Hill
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pkd collection from Ochna holstii
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1
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) alluaudi
B Taylor det. |
Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 3-65
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15.i.1996
Mkomazi
3°54.74' S
37°48.49' E
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pkd collection from Combretum molle
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1
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) alluaudi
B Taylor det. |
Tanzania
G McGavin
tree 5-17
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4.i.1997
Mkomazi
3°54.75' S
37°48.58' E
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pkd collection from Acacia zanzibarica; 37M
0393296 UTM 9555510
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2
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) alluaudi
B Taylor det. |
Iran
Torabi
22
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28.vi.2014
29.62973°N
52.53664°E
1562 m
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Azadi Park, Shiraz
hand collected
park, soil
20:12 h
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2
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Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) alluaudi
B Taylor det. |
Iran
R Afshari
32
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13.viii.2014
31.40°N
51.49°E
2627 m
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Vanak, Semirom,
Isfahan
hand collected
garden, on ground
1615h
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1
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Tanzania,
Mkomazi Game Reserve, Igire Hill, collector G McGavin (tree 3-51-04).
Note - formerly placed by me under Plagiolepis sudanica.
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Liberia,
Yekepa Camp 4, collector E Poiriet (Camp 4 SLAM 2).
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Iran,
Azadi Park, Shiraz, collector Roshanak Torabi (22).
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 The
photomontage of a cotype foreli is collated from The
Smithsonian Institute images at http://ripley.si.edu/ent/nmnhtypedb/public/specimeninfopage.cfm?publicconsumption=1&typespecimenID=1424.
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 Drawing
from Wilson & Taylor (1967: 86 ff). BT Note - this
has markedly longer scapes than any of the specimens shown above.
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