Plagiolepis pygmaea

Plagiolepis pygmaea is a species of ant in the genus Plagiolepis.^[1] The species is widely distributed, from Portugal and the Canary Islands in the west, eastwards to Iran, Germany in the north and the Arabian Peninsula in the south.^[2]

Plagiolepis pygmaea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Genus:	Plagiolepis
Species:	P. pygmaea
Binomial name
Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)

Subspecies

• Plagiolepis pygmaea bulawayensis Arnold, 1922
• Plagiolepis pygmaea mima Arnold, 1922
• Plagiolepis pygmaea minu Forel, 1911