Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) exigua Forel

Type location India (Plagiolepis exigua nov. spec., Forel, 1894c: 417, worker & queen) Poona, R Wroughton
worker and queen only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1894c) description is at - . Bingham's (1903: 323) translation is at - . Forel noted also from Madagascar.

The photomontage of a type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0101305

The photomontage of a fresh worker from Hawaii is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=0281162

The specimens below which I earlier designated Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) nsp Sudan JM, appear to be a close match to the type and modern specimens of P. exigua and, therefore, I have decided to place them here.

Notes: Head in full face view ovoid to square with rounded posterior angles; in profile with near flat dorsum and underside; clypeus shallowly domed with anterior margin shallowly arcuate; palps short; scapes just reach occiput; segments 2-7 of funiculus about equisized; eyes flat set just forward of mid-length of head; propodeum profile evenly arcuate; erect hairs restricted to anterior of clypeus, a single pair on the occiput, and at the posterior of the gaster; even when undistended gaster at least as long as head and alitrunk combined; no obvious pubescence; wholly smooth and shiny; colour orange-yellow
TL ca 1.5 mm CI 88 SI 92 EI 19 (eyelength/HW X 100)

Oxford University Museum specimens

Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) new species JM B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 160	25.xi.2001 Abu Gmein, Blue Nile 11°21' N 34°27' E	pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal	2
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) new species JM B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 172	25.xi.2001 Abu Gmein, Blue Nile 11°21' N 34°27' E	pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal	1
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) new species JM B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 174	25.xi.2001 Abu Gmein, Blue Nile 11°21' N 34°27' E	pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) new species JM B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 211	28.xi.2001 Abu Gmein, Blue Nile 11°21' N 34°27' E	semi-natural forest pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal unmounted but photographed
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) new species JM B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 341	15.x.2001 Khordonia Blue Nile 1°51' N 34°15' E	semi-natural forest pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) new species JM B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 413	23.x.2001 Abu Gmein, Blue Nile 11°21' N 34°27' E	pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal unmounted but photographed
Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) new species JM B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 414	23.x.2001 Abu Gmein, Blue Nile 11°21' N 34°27' E	pyrethrum fogging of Senegalia senegal unmounted but photographed

The photomontage is of specimens from Sudan, Abu Gmein, Blue Nil; collector J Mathews (JM 160)

The photomontage is of specimens from Sudan, Khordonia, Damazine Plantation, Blue Nile; collector J Mathews (JM 341)

The photomontage is of specimens from Sudan, Abu Gmein, Blue Nil; collector J Mathews (JM 413)