Plagiolepis dichroa

Plagiolepis dichroa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Plagiolepis
Species:	P. dichroa
Binomial name
Plagiolepis dichroa Forel, 1902 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 32.6979° to 32.301°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• dichroa. Plagiolepis dichroa Forel, 1902c: 235 (footnote) (w.) INDIA.

Description

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from Bingham 1903.

Worker

Yellow, the head shading to light or sometimes to dark brown; head, thorax and abdomen smooth and shining; pilosity very sparse, almost entirely absent. Head as in P. exigua, but much broader posteriorly and proportionately more narrowed anteriorly. Thorax longer, the metanotum transversely concave down the middle. For the rest like P. exigua, but larger and proportionately more slenderly built.

Length: ~ 2 mm

References

• Forel, A. 1902c. Myrmicinae nouveaux de l'Inde et de Ceylan. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 165-249 (page 235, (footnote) worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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