Ocymyrmex velox

Bolton, B., 1981, A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region., Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 43, pp. 245-307 : 280

O. velox is one of the seven known species in this genus which lack a conspicuous semicircular impression in the middle of the anterior clypeal margin. The others are turneri , laticeps , cursor , ankhu , zekhem and cavatodorsatus . Of these turneri is a small shiny species with large eyes which break the outline of the sides of the head, and cursor and laticeps have the dorsum of the head strongly sculptured and have the first gastral tergite constricted into a narrow neck basally. O. cavatodorsatus shares most characters with velox , but the shape of the alitrunk is very different; besides this cavatodorsatus is much smaller and has the sculpture of the alitrunk much reduced. Separation of velox from ankhu and zekhem is discussed under those names.

Material examined South West Africa: Otjiwarongo (G. Hobohm). Angola Cahama (E. S. Ross & R. E. Leech).