''Plagiolepis pygmaea'' is a species of
ant in the genus ''
Plagiolepis''.
The species is widely distributed, from Portugal and the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
in the west, eastwards to Iran, Germany in the north and the
Arabian peninsula
The Arabian Peninsula, (; ar, شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, , "Arabian Peninsula" or , , "Island of the Arabs") or Arabia, is a peninsula of Western Asia, situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian Plate ...
in the south.
Subspecies
*''P. p. bulawayensis''
Arnold, 1922
*''P. p. mima''
Arnold, 1922
*''P. p. minu''
Forel, 1911
References
External links
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Formicinae
Hymenoptera of Europe
Hymenoptera of Asia
Insects described in 1798
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