Published December 31, 1922 | Version v1
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Phrynoponera gabonensis var. esta Wheeler, 1922, new variety

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Phrynoponera gabonensis variety esta, new variety

Worker and Female (dealated).-Differing from the preceding form in color, the mandibles being nearly black, the frontal carina, antenna) and legs blackish brown, very nearly as dark as the remainder of the body, the posterior borders of the abdominal segments slightly paler and more reddish. The mandibles and gaster are shining as in the typical form.

Described from eight workers and a female from Medje (type locality), two workers from Ngayu, and a female from Gamangui (Lang and Chapin), all found in the stomachs of toads (Bufo superciliaris, polycercus, funereus, and tuberosus).

Notes

Published as part of Wheeler, W. M., 1922, The ants collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition., pp. 39-269 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45 on pages 77-78

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Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Formicidae
Genus
Phrynoponera
Species
esta
Taxon rank
variety
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Phrynoponera gabonensis var. esta Wheeler, 1922