ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
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 little ...
. The genus is found in
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
and
temperate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout ...
Plagiolepis abyssinica
''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.
Species
*'' Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995 ...
Plagiolepis arnoldii
''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.
Species
*''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995
...
'' Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990
*''
Plagiolepis augusti
''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.
Species
*''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995
...
'' Emery, 1921
*''
Plagiolepis balestrierii
''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.
Species
*''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995
...
'' Menozzi, 1939
*†''
Plagiolepis balticus
''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.
Species
*''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995
...
'' Dlussky, 1997
*''
Plagiolepis bicolor
''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.
Species
*''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995
...
'' Forel, 1901
*''
Plagiolepis boltoni
''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.
Species
*''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995
...
'' Sharaf, Aldawood & Taylor, 2011
*''
Plagiolepis breviscapa
''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.
Species
*''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995
...
'' Collingwood & Van Harten, 2005
*''
Plagiolepis brunni
''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.
Species
*''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995
...
'' Mayr, 1895
*''
Plagiolepis calva
''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.
Species
*''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894
*'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995
...
Plagiolepis simoni
''Plagiolepis'' is an ant genus of the formic acid-producing subfamily Formicinae. The genus is found in tropical and temperate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equa ...