The Ants of Africa
Genus Plagiolepis
Plagiolepis capensis Mayr

Plagiolepis Mayr sensu stricto

Plagiolepis capensis Mayr

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location South Africa (Mayr, 1865: 55, queen; queen only known (see Bolton, 1995). Note: Arnold (1922: 581) regarded this as a synonym of Lepisiota capensis (as Acantholepis) .

Mayr's (1865) description is at - {original description}.

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