Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck 1991
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Description
Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck
Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck, 1991: 118; 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, 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, a species that lacks erect pronotal hairs (present in A. palligastrion).
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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/0D903742F08FC8E12385325A8FBD4AF7 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/100134441 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Axinidris
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Shattuck
- Species
- palligastrion
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Axinidris palligastrion Shattuck, 1991 sec. Snelling, 2007
References
- Shattuck, S. O. 1991. Revision of the dolichoderine ant genus Axinidris (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). SystematicEntomology 16: 105 - 120.