Plagiolepis sudanica
Plagiolepis sudanica | |
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Syntype Worker: frontal view | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
Genus: | Plagiolepis |
Species: | P. sudanica |
Binomial name | |
Plagiolepis sudanica Weber, 1943 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Sudan (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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- sudanica. Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) sudanica Weber, 1943c: 381, pl. 16, fig. 38 (w.) SUDAN.
Description
References
- Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389. (page 381, pl. 16, fig. 38 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Weber N. A. 1943. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93: 263-389.