A review of the arboreal Afrotropical ant genus Axinidris.
Author
Snelling, R. R.
text
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute
Editor
Snelling, R. R.
Editor
Fisher, B. L.
Editor
Ward, P. S.
2007
Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E. O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions.
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Axinidris kakamegensis Shattuck
Axinidris kakamegensis
Shattuck, 1991: 115
; figs. 17 - 19, 35 (w).
KENYA
,
Kakamega Forest
(
A. E. Stubbs
) (
BMNH
) examined
.
Worker diagnosis. Scape and pronotum without erect hairs; head broader than long and vertex without erect hairs; distance between spines greater than PPW.
Worker measurements (mm) (n = 1). HW 0.97; HL 0.96; SL 0.69; EL 0.24; OVD 0.37; PNW n / a; PPW 0.40; WL 1.10. Indices. CI 102; CNI 161; OI 24; SI 71.
Worker description. The worker has been adequately described by
Shattuck (1991)
.
Queen and male unknown.
DISCUSSION
Known only from the worker type specimen from an unspecified locality in the Kakamega Forest.