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The formicine ant genus Plagiolepis Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of two new species
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The formicine ant genus Plagiolepis Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with description of two new species

Mostafa R. Sharaf, Abdulrahman S. Aldawood and Brian Taylor
Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1890), Vol.137(1-2), pp.203-215
01/12/2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3157/061.137.0113

Abstract

Entomology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
The formicine ant genus Plagiolepis in Arabia is reviewed and an identification key to the worker caste is given. Eight species are recognized, two of which, P. boltoni and P. juddi are described as new. Two species, Plagiolepis abyssinica Forel and Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel are redescribed.

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