Plagiolepis maura taurica

This species is the host of the social parasite Plagiolepis delaugerrei.

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.

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.