Plagiolepis atlantis

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Plagiolepis atlantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Plagiolepis
Species group: schmitzii
Species: P. atlantis
Binomial name
Plagiolepis atlantis
Santschi, 1920
Synonyms
At a Glance • Polygynous  

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Tunisia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • atlantis. Plagiolepis maura var. atlantis Santschi, 1920g: 171 (w.q.m.) TUNISIA.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 21; Menozzi, 1932e: 453; Menozzi, 1934: 163; Finzi, 1936: 184.
    • Subspecies of pallescens: Bolton, 1995b: 334; Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018: 820.
    • Status as species: Seifert, 2020: 187.
    • Senior synonym of crosi: Seifert, 2020: 189.
    • Senior synonym of kabyla: Seifert, 2020: 189.
    • Senior synonym of perperamus: Seifert, 2020: 189.
  • crosi. Plagiolepis schmitzi st. crosi Santschi, 1920g: 168, fig. 1S (w.q.) ALGERIA.
    • [Misspelled as crozi by Emery, 1925b: 20, and others.]
    • Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249 (l.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953c: 135 (l.).
    • Status as species: Emery, 1921d: 315 (footnote); Emery, 1925b: 20; Santschi, 1931a: 10; Santschi, 1936c: 205; Santschi, 1939d: 77; Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249; Bernard, 1948: 154; Ceballos, 1956: 310.
    • Junior synonym of schmitzii: Collingwood, 1978: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 335; Sharaf, Aldawood & Taylor, 2011: 208.
    • Junior synonym of atlantis: Seifert, 2020: 189.
  • kabyla. Plagiolepis maura var. kabyla Santschi, 1920g: 170, fig. 1O,P (w.m.) TUNISIA, ALGERIA.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925b: 21.
    • Subspecies of pallescens: Bolton, 1995b: 335; Salata, Borowiec & Radchenko, 2018: 820.
    • Junior synonym of atlantis: Seifert, 2020: 189.

Description

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