Plagiolepis breviscapa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Yemen.

Castes
Known only from the worker caste.

Nomenclature

 *  breviscapa. Plagiolepis breviscapa Collingwood & van Harten, 2005: 77, fig. 8 (w.) YEMEN. See also:, Aldawood & Taylor, 2011: 205.

Worker
Sharaf et al. (2011) - Holotype. TL 1.40, HL 0.47, HW 0.41, SL 0.26, EL 0.09, SI 63, CI 87 (Collingwood & van Harten, 2005).

The head, body and legs are completely pale. The head is nearly as long as broad, the antennal scapes are distinctly short, about half of head length. The funicular segments are quadrate.

Type Material
Sharaf et al. (2011) - Holotype worker, Yemen, Lahj, 1.x.-17.xii.2001, (A. v. Harten & A. Sallam) (not in, presumably lost).