Plagiolepis schmitzii gaetula

Plagiolepis schmitzii gaetula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Plagiolepis
Species:	P. schmitzii
Subspecies:	P. schmitzii gaetula
Trinomial name
Plagiolepis schmitzii gaetula Santschi, 1936

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Morocco (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.

Nomenclature

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

• gaetula.gaetula. Plagiolepis schmitzi var. gaetula Santschi, 1939c: 4.
  • [First available use of Plagiolepis schmitzi st. crossi var. gaetula Santschi, 1936c: 205, fig. 4C,D (w.) MOROCCO; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Bolton, 1995b: 335).]
  • Subspecies of schmitzii: current status.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 335, Unavailable name)
• Santschi, F. 1936c. Liste et descriptions de fourmis du Maroc. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 16: 198-210 (page 205, fig. 4 worker described)
• Santschi, F. 1939c. Trois notes sur quelques fourmis du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 15 (14): 1-15.