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

Subgenus Anacantholepis Santschi

Plagiolepis (Anacantholepis) vanderkelleni Forel

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Angola (Forel, 1901d: 310, worker); subspecies tricolor from Botswana (Forel, 1910f: 24, worker); worker only known (see Bolton, 1995) .

The description of Plagiolepis polita is so very different that I have separated it off as a full species.

Forel's (1901d) description is at - {original description} Forel's (1910f) description of tricolor is at - {original description} Arnold's (1922: 584) translation of Forel's (1910d) description, plus tricolor - {original description}.

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