Listed as "unknown species" under the List of the Ants of Israel by Drs. Gary D. Alpert and Jean-Jacques Itshak. Some changes to the list are due to Mr. Armin Ionescu.  read more »

A new synonymy has been stablished between Plagiolepis obscuriscapa Santschi, 1923 and Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)1.  read more »

1. 1. Boer P .  2008.  Plagiolepis obscuriscapa Santschi, 1923, a junior synonym of Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) and the use of pigmentation as discriminating character in ant taxonomy. Zool. Med. Leiden. 82(43):495-488.

 Worker description, distribution and taxonomical notes on this species