''Plagiolepis'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...

s in the

formic acid Formic acid (), systematically named methanoic acid, is the simplest carboxylic acid. It has the chemical formula HCOOH and structure . This acid is an important intermediate in chemical synthesis and occurs naturally, most notably in some an ...

-producing

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

Formicinae The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development. Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and littl ...

. The genus is found in

tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the equator, where the sun may shine directly overhead. This contrasts with the temperate or polar regions of Earth, where the Sun can never be directly overhead. This is because of Earth's ax ...

and

temperate In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of the Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ran ...

regions of the

Old World The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...

Species

*'' Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894 *'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995 *'' Plagiolepis alluaudi'' Emery, 1894 *'' Plagiolepis ampeloni'' (Faber, 1969) *'' Plagiolepis ancyrensis'' Santschi, 1920 *'' Plagiolepis arnoldii'' Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 *'' Plagiolepis augusti'' Emery, 1921 *'' Plagiolepis balestrierii'' Menozzi, 1939 *†'' Plagiolepis balticus'' Dlussky, 1997 *'' Plagiolepis bicolor'' Forel, 1901 *'' Plagiolepis boltoni'' Sharaf, Aldawood & Taylor, 2011 *'' Plagiolepis breviscapa'' Collingwood & Van Harten, 2005 *'' Plagiolepis brunni'' Mayr, 1895 *'' Plagiolepis calva'' Radchenko, 1996 *'' Plagiolepis capensis'' Mayr, 1865 *'' Plagiolepis cardiocarenis'' Chang & He, 2002 *'' Plagiolepis chirindensis'' Arnold, 1949 *'' Plagiolepis clarki'' Wheeler, 1934 *'' Plagiolepis compressa'' Radchenko, 1996 *'' Plagiolepis decora'' Santschi, 1914 *'' Plagiolepis demangei'' Santschi, 1920 *'' Plagiolepis deweti'' Forel, 1904 *'' Plagiolepis dichroa'' Forel, 1902 *'' Plagiolepis dlusskyi'' Radchenko, 1996 *'' Plagiolepis exigua'' Forel, 1894 *'' Plagiolepis flavescens'' Collingwood, 1976 *'' Plagiolepis funicularis'' Santschi, 1919 *'' Plagiolepis fuscula'' Emery, 1895 *'' Plagiolepis grassei'' Le Masne, 1956 *'' Plagiolepis hoggarensis'' Bernard, 1981 *'' Plagiolepis intermedia'' Emery, 1895 *'' Plagiolepis jerdonii'' Forel, 1894 *'' Plagiolepis jouberti'' Forel, 1910 *'' Plagiolepis juddi'' Sharaf, Aldawood & Taylor, 2011 *'' Plagiolepis karawajewi'' Radchenko, 1989 *†'' Plagiolepis klinsmanni'' Mayr, 1868 *†'' Plagiolepis kuenowi'' Mayr, 1868 *†'' Plagiolepis labilis'' Emery, 1891 *'' Plagiolepis livingstonei'' Santschi, 1926 *'' Plagiolepis longwang'' Terayama, 2009 *'' Plagiolepis lucidula'' Wheeler, 1934 *'' Plagiolepis madecassa'' Forel, 1892 *'' Plagiolepis mediorufa'' Forel, 1916 *†'' Plagiolepis minutissima'' Dlussky & Perkovsky, 2002 *'' Plagiolepis moelleri'' Bingham, 1903 *'' Plagiolepis montivaga'' Arnold, 1958 *'' Plagiolepis nitida'' Karavaiev, 1935 *'' Plagiolepis nynganensis'' McAreavey, 1949 *'' Plagiolepis pallescens'' Forel, 1889 *†'' Plagiolepis paradoxa'' Dlussky, 2010 *'' Plagiolepis pictipes'' Santschi, 1914 *'' Plagiolepis pissina'' Roger, 1863 *'' Plagiolepis pontii'' Menozzi, 1939 *'' Plagiolepis puncta'' Forel, 1910 *'' Plagiolepis pygmaea'' (Latreille, 1798) *'' Plagiolepis regis'' Karavaiev, 1931 *'' Plagiolepis rogeri'' Forel, 1894 *'' Plagiolepis schmitzii'' Forel, 1895 *'' Plagiolepis simoni'' Emery, 1921 *†'' Plagiolepis singularis'' Mayr, 1868 *†'' Plagiolepis solitaria'' Mayr, 1868 *†'' Plagiolepis squamifera'' Mayr, 1868 *'' Plagiolepis squamulosa'' Wheeler, 1934 *†'' Plagiolepis succini'' André, 1895 *'' Plagiolepis sudanica'' Weber, 1943 *'' Plagiolepis taurica'' Santschi, 1920 *'' Plagiolepis vanderkelleni'' Forel, 1901 *'' Plagiolepis vindobonensis'' Lomnicki, 1925 *'' Plagiolepis vladileni'' Radchenko, 1996 *†'' Plagiolepis wheeleri'' Dlussky, 2010 *'' Plagiolepis wilsoni'' (Clark, 1934) *'' Plagiolepis xene'' Stärcke, 1936

References

External links

* Formicinae Ant genera Taxa named by Gustav Mayr Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{formicinae-stub