Plagiolepis
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| Plagiolepis | |
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| Plagiolepis alluaudi worker from Fiji | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Plagiolepidini |
| Genus: | Plagiolepis Mayr, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Formica pygmaea | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 72 species | |
Plagiolepis is a genus of ants in the formic acid-producing subfamily Formicinae.[2] The genus is found in tropical and temperate regions of the Old World.[3]
