Plagiolepis breviscapa Collingwood & van Harten, 2005: 77, fig. 8 (w.) YEMEN. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Yemen: Lahj, 1.x.-17.xii.2001 (A. van Harten & A. Sallam). Primary type depository: WMLC (presumably lost). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: WMLC (presumably lost). Type notes: Sharaf et al., 2011: 205, say that no type material could be found in WMLC.