Plagiolepis maura taurica

This species is the host of the social parasite Plagiolepis delaugerrei. In Russia it occurs in steppe habitats on rocky slopes with nests in soil (Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Channel Islands, China, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Montenegro, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Biology
This minute species lives in small isolated colonies nesting under flat stones usually with several queens (Collingwood 1979).

Fungi
This species is a host for the endoparastic fungus Myrmicinosporidium durum (Espadaler & Santamaria, 2012).

Nomenclature

 *  taurica. Plagiolepis maura var. taurica Santschi, 1920g: 171 (w.) UKRAINE. Subspecies of pallescens: Emery, 1921d: 314; Santschi, 1922a: 67; of pygmaea: Karavaiev, 1931a: 309. Raised to species: Radchenko, 1989b: 155. Senior synonym of manczshurica, satunini: Radchenko, 1996a: 185; of pyrenaica: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 485.
 * pyrenaica. Plagiolepis barbara var. pyrenaica Emery, 1921d: 315, fig. I (w.) FRANCE. Subspecies of schmitzii: Bolton, 1995b: 336. Junior synonym of taurica: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 485.
 * satunini. Plagiolepis (Plagiolepis) satunini Karavaiev, 1931a: 314, fig. 4 (w.) ARMENIA. Junior synonym of taurica: Radchenko, 1996a: 185.