Plagiolepis foreli var. ornata Santschi, 1920g: 166 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA, GERMANY (in hothouse), KENYA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: New Caledonia: Coné (F. Sarasin & J. Roux), New Caledonia: Loyalty Is, Maré, Netché (F. Sarasin & J. Roux), Germany: Bonn, orchid house (A. Reichensperger), Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Likoni, nr Mombasa (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel). Primary type depository: NHMB (perhaps also MSNG). Primary type specimen: CASENT0912414. Type notes: This taxon is based on Plagiolepis exigua quadrimaculata Forel, 1902j, sensu Emery, 1914f: 421, misidentification.