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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.

Notes

Published as part of Snelling, R. R., 2007, A review of the arboreal Afrotropical ant genus Axinidris., pp. 551-579 in Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80 on pages 568-569

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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.