Axinidris ghanensis Shattuck, 1991

Snelling, R. R., 2007, A review of the arboreal Afrotropical ant genus Axinidris., Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. (Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80), pp. 551-579 : 559-560

publication ID	21291
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246170
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C3852C43-7453-C56F-0F67-DA145153B781
treatment provided by	Christiana
scientific name	Axinidris ghanensis Shattuck
status

Treatment

Axinidris ghanensis Shattuck View in CoL HNS

Axinidris ghanensis Shattuck, 1991: 114 HNS ; fig. 35 (w). GHANA, Mampong (P. Room) ( BMNH) examined .

Worker diagnosis. Antennal scape without and pronotum with erect hairs; medial carina present and subacute in profile; distance between spines less than PPW; gastral tergum 2 shiny and sparsely punctate.

Worker measurements (mm) (n = 1). HW 0.76; HL 0.83; SL 0.66; EL 0.21; OVD 0.30; PNW n / a; PPW 0.34; WL 0.98. Indices. CI 91; CNI 150; OI 28; SI 86.

Worker description. The worker caste has been adequately described by Shattuck (1991).

Queen and male unknown.

DISCUSSION

This species is known only from the single worker holotype. Nothing is known of its biology, although it is assumed to be arboreal. The most similar species is A. luhya HNS , described below, from which it differs as detailed under that species.