Axinidris nigripes 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 : 568

publication ID

21291

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246196

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/486B2FB5-5F05-B038-D006-09F47BD3D13E

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Christiana

scientific name

Axinidris nigripes Shattuck
status

 

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 .

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 nigripes Shattuck

Snelling, R. R. 2007
2007
Loc

Axinidris nigripes

Shattuck 1991: 117
1991
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