The Ants of Africa
Genus Plagiolepis
Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis) decora Santschi

Subgenus Anacantholepis Santschi

Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis) decora Santschi

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis) decora n. sp., Santschi, 1914e: 36, illustrated, worker; Arnold, 1922: 582, queen) Natal, Stamford Hill, Traegaordh - see below
worker and queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) .


{Plagiolepis decora}Santschi's (1914e) description is at - {original description}. Arnold's (1922: 581) translation of Santschi's (1914e) description and that of the queen is at - {original description} .


{Plagiolepis decora}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0912410.


{Plagiolepis decora queen}The photomontage of the type queen is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0903143.

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