Plagiolepis boltoni Sharaf and Aldawood 2011

Plagiolepis boltoni Sharaf and Aldawood, 2011 (Figure 18) Plagiolepis boltoni Sharaf and Aldawood, 2011, p. 204, fig. 2a–c (w.) Saudi Arabia. Palaearctic. Diagnosis Worker. Unicolourous yellow, eyes and apex of gaster black, mandible teeth brown; head distinctly longer than broad, second funicular segment distinctly shorter than the third, fourth funicular segment distinctly longer than broad, nearly subequal to the third; scapes surpass occiput by about a quarter of their length; eyes large with 12 ommatidia in the longest row; profile of mesosoma elongated, with a flattish dorsal surface and a weak metanotal groove; whole mesosoma bare. Material examined Three sites: 2; 10; 12. Geographic range. Plagiolepis boltoni was originally described from the KSA and collected from Oman (Sharaf et al. 2018). Ecology and biology. In the KSA, P. boltoni nests directly in the humid soil in date palm plantations of the Riyadh Province (KSA) (Sharaf et al. 2011), whereas in Oman, it was observed nesting under stones directly in dry soil and next to a pomegranate tree, Punica granatum L. (Lythraceae).