Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) schmitzii (Forel)

Type location Madeira ((Plagiolepis pygmaea var schmitzii Forel, 1895d: 231, worker & queen; Santschi, 1911i: 286, male; synonymy Collingwood, 1978: 71); junior synonyms barbara (Santschi, 1911i: 286, worker & male; Santschi, 1920g: 172, queen) type location Tunisia, and crosi (Santschi, 1920g: 168, illustrated, worker & queen) type location Algeria; subspecies canariensis (Santschi, 1920g: 173, all forms) type location Canary Is., madeirensis (Emery, 1921d: 315, illustrated, worker) type location Madeira, pyrenaica (Emery, 1921d: 315, illustrated, worker) type location France, and tingitana (Santschi, 1936c: 205, illustrated, worker [unavailable]) type location Morocco.

Forel's (1895d) description is at . Santschi's (1911i) description of the male is at . Santschi's (1920g) summary and description of crosi is at . Emery's (1921d) illustrated description of madeirensis and pyrenaica is at .

The photomontage is of specimens from Canary Islands, Fuerteventura, Jandia, 1.v.2002, collected by David King. The size matches that of the madeirensis, i.e. TL ca 1.7 mm; rather than Forel's type measurement of TL 2.0-2.5 mm.

Other images can be seen in the folder at -

The photomontage is of a male from Canary Islands, collected by David King.