Plagiolepis moelleri

Plagiolepis moelleri is known from a single collection from Sikkim.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 *  moelleri. Plagiolepis moelleri Bingham, 1903: 321 (w.) INDIA. Combination in P. (Anacantholepis): Emery, 1925b: 23.

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

Worker

Head and thorax deep reddish brown, antennae and legs lighter red-brown, node of the pedicel and abdomen black; head, thorax and abdomen covered with long soft pubescence, pale yellowish on the front of the head and the thorax, black on the abdomen; pilosity almost entirely wanting, confined to a few scattered erect hairs chiefly on the front of the head and the apical segments of the abdomen. The pubescence on the basal two abdominal segments is thick, and gives the segments an opaque appearance. Head subtriangular, very broad and emarginate posteriorly; mandibles broad, the masticatory margin very oblique, dentate, the teeth very long and acute; clypeus strongly medially carinate, the medial angle on the anterior margin ill-defined; frontal area distinct, antennal carinae parallel; antennae comparatively short and stout; eyes comparatively small, placed midway on the sides of the head. Thorax short and broad; pronotum very convex and gibbous; mesonotum seen from above almost circular, convex; meso-metanotal emargination broad and deep; metanotum short and very broad, the basal portion about the same length as the oblique apical portion, into which it passes by a distinct angle; legs short and stout. Node of the pedicel low, transverse, rounded above; abdomen broadly oval, massive.

Length - 4.5 mm