Plagiolepis breviscapa

Described and only known from a type collection of workers found in a malaise sample.

Identification
Sharaf et al. (2011) - 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.

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
TL 1.40, HL 0.47, HW 0.41, ScL 0.26, CI 87.2, SI 63.4, Eye L 0.09. The head, body and legs are completely pale. The antennal scape is unusually short for the genus. The funicular segments are quadrate.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Yemen: Lahj, 1.X-17.XII.2001, in Malaise trap, A. VAN HARTEN & A. SALLAM leg. - Paratypes: 7 workers, same data as holotype. The types of the new species will be deposited in the Liverpool Museum, Liverpool, UK.

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