The Ants of Africa
Genus Plagiolepis
Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis) jouberti Forel

Subgenus Anacantholepis Santschi

Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis) jouberti Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Plagiolepis jouberti n. sp., Forel, 1910f: 23, worker) Kamaggas, Klein-Namaland, L Schultze
worker only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1910f) description is at - {original description} Arnold's (1922: 585) translation of Forel's (1910f) description is at - {original description}.

Notable for having a major, replete form of the worker, capable of storing honey.

{Plagiolepis jouberti}The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0909861

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