Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki

Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174 : 110

publication ID

6175

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283874

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/89A35164-30E2-F9A1-E870-86442369D2BB

treatment provided by

Christiana

scientific name

Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki
status

 

Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki View in CoL   HNS , 1925.

Fig. 158.

Plagiolepis vindobonenis Lomnicki   HNS , 1925: 78.

Worker. Pale to dark brown, somewhat shining, with sparse pubescence. Erect hairs are present over head and alitrunk and more thickly distributed over gaster. Head about as long as broad; pronotum broad, about l'/i width of propodeum; gaster heartshaped, much broader than alitrunk; scale, nodal reduced. Third and fourth funiculus segments subequal, about twice as long as second segment. Scape over-reaching occiput by about 1/6 its length. Ocelli absent. Length: 1.0-2.0 mm.

Queen. As worker but with broad flat alitrunk. Length: 3.0-4.0 mm.

Male. Brownish black. Head broader than long; eyes prominent, set forward of midlength ofhead. Antennae 12 segmented with scape overreaching occiput by 1/5 its length, funiculus segments scarcely longer than broad. Length: 1.5-2.0 mm.

Distribution. Central and Eastern Europe.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Plagiolepis

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