Axinidris palligastrion 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 : 570

publication ID

21291

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246202

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scientific name

Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck
status

 

Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck View in CoL   HNS

Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck, 1991: 118   HNS ; figs. 29 - 31; fig. 35 (w). GHANA, Nswam (= Nsawam ) (P. Room) ( BMNH) examined .

Worker diagnosis. Scape without and pronotum with erect hairs; medial carina present; distance between spines equal to PPW; pronotum smooth and shiny; mesonotum without rugae; gaster yellowish red, not concolorous with mesosoma.

Worker measurements (mm) (n = 5). HW 0.81 - 0.85; HL 0.87 - 0.93; SL 0.61 - 0.67; EL 0.26 - 0.30; OVD 0.29 - 0.32; PNW n / a; PPW 0.42 - 0.45; WL 1.05 - 1.16. Indices. CI 91 - 94; CNI 107 - 134; OI 31 - 35; SI 72 - 78.

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

Queen and male unknown.

DISCUSSION

Although similar to A. nigripes   HNS , this species is separable as noted in the discussion of that species. The gaster is distinctly lighter in color than the head and mesosoma, but is not distinctly bicolored as in the otherwise similar A. mlalu   HNS , a species that lacks erect pronotal hairs (present in A. palligastrion   HNS ).

BMNH

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Axinidris

Loc

Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck

Snelling, R. R. 2007
2007
Loc

Axinidris palligastrion

Shattuck 1991: 118
1991
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