Plagiolepis pygmaea var. schmitzii Forel, 1895e: 231 (w.q.) PORTUGAL (Madeira). Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Wetterer et al., 2007: 20). Primary type locality: lectotype Portugal: Madeira I., Serra d’Agua (P.E. Schmitz). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimen: CASENT0909858 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Type notes: Seifert, 2020b: 187, cites 9 worker “paratypes”, but some of these were not from the type locality.