Axinidris nigripes Shattuck, 1991
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21291 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246196 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/486B2FB5-5F05-B038-D006-09F47BD3D13E |
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Christiana |
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Axinidris nigripes Shattuck |
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Axinidris nigripes Shattuck View in CoL HNS
Axinidris nigripes Shattuck, 1991: 117 - 118 HNS ; fig. 35 (w). GHANA, Aburi (P. Room) ( BMNH) examined .
Worker diagnosis. Scape and pronotum with erect hairs; medial carina present; distance between spines exceeding PPW; hairs of head and mesosoma brown, coarse and seta-like.
Worker measurements (mm) (n = 1). HW 0.97; HL 1.06; SL 0.78; EL 0.30; OVD 0.33; PNW n / a; PPW 0.50; WL 1.27. Indices. CI 91; CNI 195; OI 31; SI 80.
Worker description. The worker has been adequately described by Shattuck (1991).
Queen and male unknown.
DISCUSSION
This species is similar to both A. luhya HNS and A. palligastrion HNS . It differs from the latter in its larger size, deeper clypeal notch and differing color pattern, the gaster being darker than the head and mesosoma, the reverse of the pattern in A. palligastrion HNS . From A. luhya HNS , A. nigripes HNS differs by the coarser, darker mesosomal hairs (fine and yellowish in A. luhya HNS .
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United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)] |
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Axinidris nigripes Shattuck
Snelling, R. R. 2007 |
Axinidris nigripes
Shattuck 1991: 117 |