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Plagiolepis
Plagiolepis is an ant genus of the formic acid-producing subfamily Formicinae. The genus is found in tropical and temperate regions of the Old World.
55 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Plagiolepis pygmaea
speciesPlagiolepis pygmaea

Little Yellow Ant
speciesPlagiolepis alluaudi

Plagiolepis pallescens
complexPlagiolepis pallescens

Plagiolepis manczshurica
speciesPlagiolepis manczshurica

Plagiolepis schmitzii
complexPlagiolepis schmitzii

Plagiolepis jerdonii
speciesPlagiolepis jerdonii

Plagiolepis xene
speciesPlagiolepis xene

Brunn's Restless ant
speciesPlagiolepis brunni

Plagiolepis flavescens
speciesPlagiolepis flavescens

Plagiolepis dichroa
speciesPlagiolepis dichroa

De Wet's Restless ant
speciesPlagiolepis deweti

Prickly Restless ant
speciesPlagiolepis puncta

Plagiolepis decora
speciesPlagiolepis decora

Plagiolepis grassei
speciesPlagiolepis grassei

Plagiolepis vanderkelleni
speciesPlagiolepis vanderkelleni

Plagiolepis ampeloni
speciesPlagiolepis ampeloni
Plagiolepis mediorufa
speciesPlagiolepis mediorufa

Plagiolepis simoni
speciesPlagiolepis simoni

Plagiolepis karawajewi
speciesPlagiolepis karawajewi

Plagiolepis bicolor
speciesPlagiolepis bicolor

Plagiolepis pictipes
speciesPlagiolepis pictipes

Plagiolepis lucidula
speciesPlagiolepis lucidula

Plagiolepis squamulosa
speciesPlagiolepis squamulosa

Plagiolepis madecassa
speciesPlagiolepis madecassa

Plagiolepis longwang
speciesPlagiolepis longwang
Plagiolepis rogeri
speciesPlagiolepis rogeri

Plagiolepis exigua
speciesPlagiolepis exigua
Plagiolepis regis
speciesPlagiolepis regis
Plagiolepis capensis
speciesPlagiolepis capensis
Plagiolepis chirindensis
speciesPlagiolepis chirindensis
Plagiolepis funicularis
speciesPlagiolepis funicularis
Black Restless ant
speciesPlagiolepis fuscula
Plagiolepis jouberti
speciesPlagiolepis jouberti
Plagiolepis livingstonei
speciesPlagiolepis livingstonei
Plagiolepis cardiocarenis
speciesPlagiolepis cardiocarenis
Plagiolepis delaugerrei
speciesPlagiolepis delaugerrei
Plagiolepis abyssinica
speciesPlagiolepis abyssinica
Plagiolepis adynata
speciesPlagiolepis adynata
Plagiolepis arnoldii
speciesPlagiolepis arnoldii
Plagiolepis balestrierii
speciesPlagiolepis balestrierii
Plagiolepis boltoni
speciesPlagiolepis boltoni
Plagiolepis breviscapa
speciesPlagiolepis breviscapa
Plagiolepis clarki
speciesPlagiolepis clarki
Plagiolepis juddi
speciesPlagiolepis juddi
Plagiolepis moelleri
speciesPlagiolepis moelleri
Plagiolepis nitida
speciesPlagiolepis nitida
Plagiolepis nynganensis
speciesPlagiolepis nynganensis
Plagiolepis pontii
speciesPlagiolepis pontii
Plagiolepis wilsoni
speciesPlagiolepis wilsoni
Yellow-brown Restless ant
speciesPlagiolepis intermedia
Plagiolepis pissina
speciesPlagiolepis pissina
Plagiolepis montivaga
speciesPlagiolepis montivaga
Plagiolepis hoggarensis
speciesPlagiolepis hoggarensis
Plagiolepis samanis
speciesPlagiolepis samanis
Plagiolepis demangei
speciesPlagiolepis demangei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 69496.