Plagiolepis schmitzii FOREL, 1895

Ghahari, Hassan, Sharaf, Mostafar R., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. & Collingwood, Cedric Alex, 2015, A contribution to the study of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Eastern Iran, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 65 (2), pp. 341-359 : 345

Plagiolepis schmitzii FOREL, 1895

( Figs 30–31 )

Material examined: Sistan & Baluchestan Province, Zahedan , (2), May 2011. Handcollecting. Kerman Province, Rafsanjan , 30°30'N 55°40'E, (1), June 2011. Handcollecting .

Iranian records: Fars ( Mohammadi et al. 2012).

Distribution: This species was described from Madeira Island ( Portugal) ( FOREL 1895), and has been reported

from North Africa ( SANTSCHI 1911) and southwestern Europe and Iberian Peninsula ( COLLINGWOOD 1976, 1985; SHARAF 2006), the Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia) ( COLLINGWOOD 1985).

Figures

Figs 28–33: 28, 29 Plagiolepis pygmaea (casent0912420, Holotype), 28 Head in full-face view, 29 Body in profile, Photographer: Zach Lieberman;30, 31 Plagiolepis schmitzii (casent0909859, Holotype),30 Head in full-face view,31 Body inprofile, Photographer: Will Ericson; 32, 33 Polyrhachis lacteipennis (casent0281400, Nepal); 32 Head in full-face view, 33 Body in profile, Photographer: Michele Esposito.