Axinidris occidentalis Shattuck 1991
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Axinidris occidentalis Shattuck
Axinidris occidentalis Shattuck, 1991: 118; figs. 26 - 28, 35 (w). LIBERIA, Paiata (= Payeta) (J. Bequaert) (MCZC) examined.
Worker diagnosis. Scape and pronotum without erect hairs; pronotum weakly shiny, sharply sculptured and densely pubescent; medial carina present; T 3 - T 4 each with several erect hairs.
Worker measurements (mm) (n = 4). HW 0.88 - 0.96; HL 0.88 - 0.95; SL 0.57 - 0.65; EL 0.21 - 0.23; OVD 0.31 - 0.35; PNW 0.53 - 0.58; PPW 0.34 - 0.41; WL 1.02 - 1.10. Indices. CI 99 - 101; CNI 133 - 153; OI 23 - 25; SI 64 - 69.
Worker description. The worker has been adequately described by Shattuck (1991).
Queen and male unknown.
DISCUSSION
In A. occidentalis the pronotum lacks erect hairs, but they are present on gastral terga 3 and 4, and the distance across the propodeal spines is subequal to the propodeal width, a combination of features unique to this western species.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/32A11253AEF24A5A52E222D5060AC30B (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/225A52F3213F81C9D025EBEC9A173A9B (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/100134439 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Shattuck
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Axinidris
- Species
- occidentalis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Axinidris occidentalis Shattuck, 1991 sec. Snelling, 2007
References
- Shattuck, S. O. 1991. Revision of the dolichoderine ant genus Axinidris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). SystematicEntomology 16: 105 - 120.